# CVE-2018-25151: Ecessa WANWorx WVR-30 < 10.7.4 Cross-Site Request Forgery via User Configuration

> Attackers can trick administrators into creating superuser accounts via CSRF, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover on Ecessa WANWorx devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3fjq-mm23-rr9w

## What is CVE-2018-25151?

CVE-2018-25151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ecessa Corporation WANWorx WVR-30, published on 24 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Ecessa WANWorx WVR-30 versions before 10.7.4 contain a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions without request validation. Attackers can craft a malicious web page with a hidden form to create a new superuser account by tricking an authenticated administrator into loading the page.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25151?


## How do I fix CVE-2018-25151?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25151 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-25151 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-25151 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-25151 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-25151 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ecessa Corporation WANWorx WVR-30, published on 24 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-25151 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ecessa Corporation WANWorx WVR-30. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25151/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25151/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25151
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25151
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-25151

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