Is CVE-2018-1148 being actively exploited?

CVE-2018-1148 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-1148?

CVE-2018-1148 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2018-1148

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD

In Nessus before 7.1.0, Session Fixation exists due to insufficient session management within the application. An authenticated attacker could maintain system access due to session fixation after a user password change.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.5 (v3.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-384
EPSS score: 0.7% (53th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2018-11786)
Published: May 18, 2018
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2018-11786 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

tenable / nessus

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Tenable SecurityCenter 4.4 (SC) and Components: 3D Tool 2.0.1 Log Correlation Engine 3.6 (LCE), Passive Vulnerability Scanner 3.6 (PVS), Nessus 5.0.1, and xTool 2.1 - Tenable Network Security, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10443-2012 - archived

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040918(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-05(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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