CVE-2018-8979

HIGH

Open-audit - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-8979. PoCs published by Nilesh Sapariya.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a CSRF vulnerability in Open-AuditIT Professional 2.1, allowing an attacker to force a logged-in user to submit a malicious form. The PoC includes an HTML form that, when submitted, adds a credential with an XSS payload in the name field.

Description

Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has CSRF, as demonstrated by modifying a user account or inserting XSS sequences via the credentials URI.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Nilesh Sapariya · textwebappsmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360

This exploit demonstrates a CSRF vulnerability in Open-AuditIT Professional 2.1, allowing an attacker to force a logged-in user to submit a malicious form. The PoC includes an HTML form that, when submitted, adds a credential with an XSS payload in the name field.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Open-AuditIT Professional 2.1
Auth required
Prerequisites: Victim must be logged into Open-AuditIT Professional 2.1 · Victim must be tricked into submitting the crafted HTML form
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0131
EPSS Percentile 67.1%
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 CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
open-audit/open-audit 2.1
Published Mar 25, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026