CVE-2018-14520

MEDIUM

Kirby 2.5.12 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-14520. PoCs published by Zaran Shaikh.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in Kirby CMS 2.5.12. It provides steps to reproduce the issue but does not include executable exploit code.

Description

An issue was discovered in Kirby 2.5.12. The application allows malicious HTTP requests to be sent in order to trick a user into adding web pages.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Zaran Shaikh · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45068

This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in Kirby CMS 2.5.12. It provides steps to reproduce the issue but does not include executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Kirby CMS 2.5.12
Auth required
Prerequisites: Low-privileged user access to the application
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45068

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 46.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
getkirby/cms 0Packagist
getkirby/kirby 2.5.12
Published Aug 24, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026