CVE-2018-16987
Squash TM through 1.18.0 presents the cleartext passwords of external services in the...
Squash TM through 1.18.0 presents the cleartext passwords of external services in the administration panel, as demonstrated by a ta-server-password field in the HTML source code.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Squash TM through 1.18.0 presents the cleartext passwords of external services in the administration panel, as demonstrated by a ta-server-password field in the HTML source code.
- Record
CVE-2018-16987- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Squash TM through 1.18.0 presents the cleartext passwords of external services in the administration panel, as demonstrated by a ta-server-password field in the HTML source code.
- Record
CVE-2018-16987- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8771 No score
Squash TM through 1.18.0 presents the cleartext passwords of external services in the administration panel, as demonstrated by a ta-server-password field in the HTML source code.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8771- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vvwm-p952-78ch
Squash TM through 1.18.0 presents the cleartext passwords of external services in the...
Squash TM through 1.18.0 presents the cleartext passwords of external services in the administration panel, as demonstrated by a ta-server-password field in the HTML source code.
- Record
GHSA-vvwm-p952-78ch- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | gquere/CVE-2018-16987 | 2018-09-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16987 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Squashtest Squash Tm, published September 13, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.30%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.