CVE-2018-5969

HIGH

Photography CMS 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_new_admin.php

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-5969. PoCs published by Ihsan Sencan.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a CSRF exploit for Photography CMS 1.0 that allows an attacker to add a new admin user by tricking an authenticated admin into submitting a malicious form. The PoC uses jQuery to send a POST request to the vulnerable endpoint with user-controlled credentials.

Description

Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exists in Photography CMS 1.0 via clients/resources/ajax/ajax_new_admin.php, as demonstrated by adding an admin account.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Ihsan Sencan · htmlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43867

This is a CSRF exploit for Photography CMS 1.0 that allows an attacker to add a new admin user by tricking an authenticated admin into submitting a malicious form. The PoC uses jQuery to send a POST request to the vulnerable endpoint with user-controlled credentials.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Photography CMS 1.0
Auth required
Prerequisites: Victim must be authenticated as an admin · Victim must visit the malicious page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43867/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 49.4%
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)
photography_cms_project/photography_cms 1.0
Published Jan 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026