CVE-2018-16483
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in express-cart
A deficiency in the access control in module express-cart <=1.1.5 allows unprivileged users to add new users to the application as administrators.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A deficiency in the access control in module express-cart <=1.1.5 allows unprivileged users to add new users to the application as administrators.
- Record
CVE-2018-16483- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A deficiency in the access control in module express-cart <=1.1.5 allows unprivileged users to add new users to the application as administrators.
- Record
CVE-2018-16483- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0354 No score
A deficiency in the access control in module express-cart <=1.1.5 allows unprivileged users to add new users to the application as administrators.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0354- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wj36-v8j4-pc7c
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in express-cart
A deficiency in the access control in module express-cart <=1.1.5 allows unprivileged users to add new users to the application as administrators.
- Record
GHSA-wj36-v8j4-pc7c- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-wj36-v8j4-pc7c
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in express-cart
A deficiency in the access control in module express-cart <=1.1.5 allows unprivileged users to add new users to the application as administrators.
- Record
GHSA-wj36-v8j4-pc7c- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
express-cartnpm |
before 1.1.6 | 1.1.6 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16483 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Express-cart Project Express-cart, published February 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.16%, the 67th percentile. Fixed in express-cart 1.1.6.