CVE-2018-15808
POSIM EVO 15.13 for Windows includes hardcoded database credentials for the "root" database user....
POSIM EVO 15.13 for Windows includes hardcoded database credentials for the "root" database user. "root" access to POSIM EVO's database may result in a breach of confidentiality, integrity, or availability or allow for attackers to remotely execute code on associated POSIM EVO clients.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
POSIM EVO 15.13 for Windows includes hardcoded database credentials for the "root" database user. "root" access to POSIM EVO's database may result in a breach of confidentiality, integrity, or availability or allow for attackers to remotely execute code on associated POSIM EVO clients.
- Record
CVE-2018-15808- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
POSIM EVO 15.13 for Windows includes hardcoded database credentials for the "root" database user. "root" access to POSIM EVO's database may result in a breach of confidentiality, integrity, or availability or allow for attackers to remotely execute code on associated POSIM EVO clients.
- Record
CVE-2018-15808- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7668 No score
POSIM EVO 15.13 for Windows includes hardcoded database credentials for the "root" database user. "root" access to POSIM EVO's database may result in a breach of confidentiality, integrity, or availability or allow for attackers to remotely execute code on associated POSIM EVO clients.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7668- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g5x8-x7w7-x84f
9.8
POSIM EVO 15.13 for Windows includes hardcoded database credentials for the "root" database user....
POSIM EVO 15.13 for Windows includes hardcoded database credentials for the "root" database user. "root" access to POSIM EVO's database may result in a breach of confidentiality, integrity, or availability or allow for attackers to remotely execute code on associated POSIM EVO clients.
- Record
GHSA-g5x8-x7w7-x84f- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-15808 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Posim Evo, published August 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.29%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.