Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string to the 'E-Mail and Registrations Code' field. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 5000 bytes of data into the registration field to trigger a crash when the Register button is clicked.
CVE-2018-25215
MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-03-26. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 41(Track)EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity55% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 26, 2026
Last Modified
July 28, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jul 28, 2026🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic
Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 Local Buffer Overflow DoS | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/excel-password-recovery-professional-local-buffer-overflow-dosgeneric
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Exel Password Recovery 8.2.0.0 - Local Buffer Overflow Denial of Service - Windows dos Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46003Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 8× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-01 04:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 16:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 01:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-28 15:32 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-28 02:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-28 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-27 14:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2018-25215?
CVE-2018-25215 is a medium vulnerability published on March 26, 2026. Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string to the 'E-Mail and Registrations Code' field. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 5000 bytes of data…
When was CVE-2018-25215 disclosed?
CVE-2018-25215 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 26, 2026, with the most recent update on July 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-25215 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-25215 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 92.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-25215?
CVE-2018-25215 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-25215?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-25215, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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