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CVE-2018-11538

42
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11538 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the servlet/UserServlet component of SearchBlox version 8.6.6. This flaw allows attackers to bypass CSRF protection by manipulating POST parameters such as u_name, u_passwd1, u_passwd2, role, and X-XSRF-TOKEN. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-44801) exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:8.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44801 · May 30, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1288 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/147977/SearchBlox-8.6.6-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
gurelahmet.com / cve-2018-11538-csrf-privilege-escalation-creation-of-an-administrator-account-on-searchblox-8-6-6
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44801
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry