# CVE-2018-25397: PHP-SHOP 1.0 Cross-Site Request Forgery via users.php

> Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into creating unauthorized admin accounts via CSRF in PHP-SHOP.

- **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:** 29 May 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gpcw-vph7-r5r3

## What is CVE-2018-25397?

CVE-2018-25397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in joeyrush PHP-SHOP master, published on 29 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

PHP-SHOP 1.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to add administrative users by crafting malicious HTML forms. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into visiting a page containing a hidden form that automatically submits POST requests to the users.php endpoint with parameters like name, email, password, and permissions set to admin to create unauthorized admin accounts.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25397?


## How do I fix CVE-2018-25397?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25397 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-25397 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25397 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-25397 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-25397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in joeyrush PHP-SHOP master, published on 29 May 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-2018-25397 exists.

Affected product: joeyrush PHP-SHOP master. 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-2018-25397/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25397/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25397
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25397
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-25397

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