{"id":"CVE-2018-8979","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-8979","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:48.052Z","title":"Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has CSRF, as demonstrated by modifying a user account or inserting XSS sequences via the credentials URI.","description":"Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has CSRF, as demonstrated by modifying a user account or inserting XSS sequences via the credentials URI.","published":"2018-03-25T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:05:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-79","CWE-352"],"affected":["open-audit/open-audit"],"epss":{"score":0.01241,"percentile":0.69033,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-03-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44360,"kind":"exploit","title":"Open-AuditIT Professional 2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/44360.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/44360.txt","published":"2018-03-30","added":"2018-03-30","updated":"2018-03-30","author":"Nilesh Sapariya","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-8979"],"tags":"Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://nileshsapariya.blogspot.ae/2018/03/csrf-to-xss-open-auditit-professional-21.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://nileshsapariya.blogspot.ae/2018/03/csrf-to-xss-open-auditit-professional-21.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8979","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}