CVE-2018-8979 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Open-AudIT Professional version 2.1, which could allow an attacker to modify user accounts or inject Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) sequences. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild and it's not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, suggesting a potential for future attacks. Despite the high severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:open-audit:open-audit:2.1:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* |
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
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.
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.