CVE-2018-7176 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

Attackers can trick administrators into adding unauthorized user accounts via CSRF, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover in FrontAccounting.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2018-7176?

CVE-2018-7176 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Feb 2018. 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

FrontAccounting 2.4.3 suffers from a CSRF flaw, which leads to adding a user account via admin/users.php (aka the "add user" feature of the User Permissions page).

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7176?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Frontaccounting Frontaccounting.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7176?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7176 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-7176 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j74g-h82x-vgj7.

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