CVE-2018-16239
An issue was discovered in damiCMS V6.0.1. It relies on the PHP time() function for cookies,...
An issue was discovered in damiCMS V6.0.1. It relies on the PHP time() function for cookies, which makes it possible to determine the cookie for an existing admin session via 10800 guesses.
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
An issue was discovered in damiCMS V6.0.1. It relies on the PHP time() function for cookies, which makes it possible to determine the cookie for an existing admin session via 10800 guesses.
- Record
CVE-2018-16239- 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
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-330
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in damiCMS V6.0.1. It relies on the PHP time() function for cookies, which makes it possible to determine the cookie for an existing admin session via 10800 guesses.
- Record
CVE-2018-16239- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8091 No score
An issue was discovered in damiCMS V6.0.1. It relies on the PHP time() function for cookies, which makes it possible to determine the cookie for an existing admin session via 10800 guesses.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8091- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wx8f-mrrp-3fv2
An issue was discovered in damiCMS V6.0.1. It relies on the PHP time() function for cookies,...
An issue was discovered in damiCMS V6.0.1. It relies on the PHP time() function for cookies, which makes it possible to determine the cookie for an existing admin session via 10800 guesses.
- Record
GHSA-wx8f-mrrp-3fv2- 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-330
- 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-2018-16239 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Damicms, published August 30, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.23%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.