CVE-2018-7176
FrontAccounting 2.4.3 suffers from a CSRF flaw, which leads to adding a user account via admin/users.php (aka the "add user" feature of the User Permissions page).
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
FrontAccounting 2.4.3 suffers from a CSRF flaw, which leads to adding a user account via admin/users.php (aka the "add user" feature of the User Permissions page).
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.35% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 16 February 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- frontaccounting/frontaccounting
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://securitywarrior9.blogspot.in/2018/02/cross-site-request-forgery-front.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44137/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://securitywarrior9.blogspot.in/2018/02/cross-site-request-forgery-front.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44137/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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