CVE-2015-6928 — classes/admin.class.php in CubeCart 5.2.12 through 5.2.16 and 6.x before 6.0.7 does not properly validate that a password reset request was made, which allows remote attackers to change the administrator password via a recovery request with a space character in the validate parameter and the administrator email in the email parameter

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classes/admin.class.php in CubeCart 5.2.12 through 5.2.16 and 6.x before 6.0.7 does not properly validate that a password reset request was made, which allows remote attackers to change the administrator password via a recovery request with a space character in the validate parameter and the administrator email in the email parameter

Published Sep 28, 2015

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.19%

Description

classes/admin.class.php in CubeCart 5.2.12 through 5.2.16 and 6.x before 6.0.7 does not properly validate that a password reset request was made, which allows remote attackers to change the administrator password via a recovery request with a space character in the validate parameter and the administrator email in the email parameter.

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.19% 0.02192

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02192

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.19% (0.02192)	81.79th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.19% (0.02192)	80.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.62% (0.00616)	68.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.54% (0.01541)	87.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 6, 2024	1.54% (0.01541)	87.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.54% (0.01541)	85.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (4)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133535/CubeCart-6.0.6-Administrative-Bypass.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/40
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034015
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://forums.cubecart.com/topic/50277-critical-security-issue-admin-account-hijack/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133535/CubeCart-6.0.6-Administrative-Bypass.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/40		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034015		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://forums.cubecart.com/topic/50277-critical-security-issue-admin-account-hijack/		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 28, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 14, 2015

Link CVE-2015-6928

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-6928

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-6928