CVE-2018-8979
Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has CSRF, as demonstrated by modifying a user account or inserting XSS sequences via the credentials URI.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has CSRF, as demonstrated by modifying a user account or inserting XSS sequences via the credentials URI.
- 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
- 1.24% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 30 March 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-352
- Affected
- open-audit/open-audit
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% 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://nileshsapariya.blogspot.ae/2018/03/csrf-to-xss-open-auditit-professional-21.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://nileshsapariya.blogspot.ae/2018/03/csrf-to-xss-open-auditit-professional-21.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.