CVE-2018-11538

HIGH

Searchblox - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-11538. PoCs published by Ahmet Gurel.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a CSRF vulnerability in SearchBlox 8.6.6, allowing an attacker to create an administrator account by tricking an authenticated user into visiting a crafted URL. The PoC includes an HTTP request and an attack vector using an image tag to trigger the unwanted action.

Description

servlet/UserServlet in SearchBlox 8.6.6 has CSRF via the u_name, u_passwd1, u_passwd2, role, and X-XSRF-TOKEN POST parameters because of CSRF Token Bypass.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Ahmet Gurel · textwebappsjava
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44801

This exploit demonstrates a CSRF vulnerability in SearchBlox 8.6.6, allowing an attacker to create an administrator account by tricking an authenticated user into visiting a crafted URL. The PoC includes an HTTP request and an attack vector using an image tag to trigger the unwanted action.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: SearchBlox <= 8.6.6
Auth required
Prerequisites: Authenticated user session · User interaction to visit crafted URL
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44801/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.1288
EPSS Percentile 95.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (1)
searchblox/searchblox 8.6.6
Published Jun 01, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026