CVE-2018-6888 describes a critical Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Typesetter CMS version 5.1, specifically within the User Permissions page (Admin/Users). This flaw allows an attacker to trick an authenticated user into unknowingly creating, deleting, or modifying user accounts due to the absence of an anti-CSRF token. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.0, indicating a significant risk with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-44029), and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:typesettercms:typesetter:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.