CVE-2018-15718
Open Dental before version 18.4 transmits the entire user database over the network when a remote...
Open Dental before version 18.4 transmits the entire user database over the network when a remote unauthenticated user accesses the command prompt. This allows the attacker to gain access to usernames, password hashes, privilege levels, and more.
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Open Dental before version 18.4 transmits the entire user database over the network when a remote unauthenticated user accesses the command prompt. This allows the attacker to gain access to usernames, password hashes, privilege levels, and more.
- Record
CVE-2018-15718- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Open Dental before version 18.4 transmits the entire user database over the network when a remote unauthenticated user accesses the command prompt. This allows the attacker to gain access to usernames, password hashes, privilege levels, and more.
- Record
CVE-2018-15718- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7588 No score
Open Dental before version 18.4 transmits the entire user database over the network when a remote unauthenticated user accesses the command prompt. This allows the attacker to gain access to usernames, password hashes, privilege levels, and more.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7588- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jjx7-7x6r-xgfp
Open Dental before version 18.4 transmits the entire user database over the network when a remote...
Open Dental before version 18.4 transmits the entire user database over the network when a remote unauthenticated user accesses the command prompt. This allows the attacker to gain access to usernames, password hashes, privilege levels, and more.
- Record
GHSA-jjx7-7x6r-xgfp- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2018-15718 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Open Dental Dental, published December 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.43%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.