Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-8979

Title: Open-Audit Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2018-8979

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Mar 25, 2018
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.31%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-8979: Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has CSRF, as demonstrated by modifying a user account or inserting XSS sequences via the credentials URI.

Impacted Vendors

O
open-audit 1
O
opmantek 1

Reference Links

https://nileshsapariya.blogspot.ae/2018/03/csrf-to-xss-open-auditit-professional-21.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360/ https://nileshsapariya.blogspot.ae/2018/03/csrf-to-xss-open-auditit-professional-21.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-8979 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44360
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.