CVE-2018-19946
The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this...
The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this improper certificate validation vulnerability could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. QNAP has already fixed the issue in Helpdesk 3.0.3 and later.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this improper certificate validation vulnerability could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. QNAP has already fixed the issue in Helpdesk 3.0.3 and later.
- Record
CVE-2018-19946- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295, CWE-297
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-11617
The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this improper certificate validation vulnerability could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. QNAP has already fixed the issue in Helpdesk 3.0.3 and later.
- Record
EUVD-2018-11617- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j6wf-jr95-r768 No score
The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this...
The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this improper certificate validation vulnerability could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. QNAP has already fixed the issue in Helpdesk 3.0.3 and later.
- Record
GHSA-j6wf-jr95-r768- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of Helpdesk. If exploited, this improper certificate validation vulnerability could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. QNAP has already fixed the issue in Helpdesk 3.0.3 and later.
- Record
CVE-2018-19946- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295, CWE-297
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-19946 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.2) in Gfi Software Helpdesk, published September 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.