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CVE-2018-17996

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17996 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in LayerBB versions prior to 1.1.3. This flaw allows an attacker to trick an authenticated administrator into performing actions such as adding a new user, deleting an existing user, or deleting content without their explicit consent. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high integrity impact (I:H) by unauthorized modifications. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-46379) exists for adding an administrator, indicating its exploitability. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:layerbb:layerbb:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-46379 · Feb 14, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0301 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,208 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/151694/LayerBB-1.1.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / AndyRixon/LayerBB/commits/master
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / AndyRixon/LayerBB/issues/38
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/46379
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry