CVE-2018-9155

MEDIUM

Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Component Name Field

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-9155. PoCs published by Tejesh Kolisetty.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1. It details the steps to exploit the vulnerability in multiple instances, such as creating attributes or users with malicious scripts.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted name of a component, as demonstrated by the Admin->Logs section (with a logs?logs.type= URI) and the Manage->Attributes section (via the "Name (display)" field to the attributes/create URI).

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Tejesh Kolisetty · textwebappswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44612

This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1. It details the steps to exploit the vulnerability in multiple instances, such as creating attributes or users with malicious scripts.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to an account with Attributes Creation role
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/44612/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0118
EPSS Percentile 63.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
open-audit/open-audit 2.1.1
Published Apr 12, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026