# CVE-2018-25186: Tina4 Stack 1.0.3 Cross-Site Request Forgery via profile

> Attackers can force admin credential changes via forged requests, leading to account takeover in Tina4 Stack.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 9 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53q7-qj3f-vj3q

## What is CVE-2018-25186?

CVE-2018-25186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tina4 Stack, published on 6 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Tina4 Stack 1.0.3 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to modify admin user credentials by submitting forged POST requests to the profile endpoint. Attackers can craft HTML forms targeting the /kim/profile endpoint with hidden fields containing malicious user data like passwords and email addresses to update administrator accounts without authentication.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25186?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tina4 Tina4 Stack.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-25186?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25186 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-25186 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25186 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Tina4 Stack

- [CVE-2018-25187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25187/): Tina4 Stack 1.0.3 SQL Injection and Database File Download (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-25186 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-25186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tina4 Stack, published on 6 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25186 exists.

Affected product: Tina4 Stack. 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-2018-25186/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25186/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25186
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25186
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-25186

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25186/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.