CVE-2018-7176 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in FrontAccounting version 2.4.3, specifically affecting the "add user" feature within the User Permissions page (admin/users.php). This flaw allows an attacker to trick an authenticated administrator into inadvertently creating new user accounts. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but no authentication. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit proof-of-concept is publicly available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frontaccounting:frontaccounting:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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 records are not available for this CVE.