# CVE-2018-8925: Cross-site request forgery in Photo Station

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator authentication in Synology Photo Station via CSRF, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 8 Jun 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mqrx-5gr3-m8p8

## What is CVE-2018-8925?

CVE-2018-8925 is a high-severity vulnerability in Synology Photo Station, published on 8 Jun 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

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in admin/user.php in Synology Photo Station before 6.8.5-3471 and before 6.3-2975 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via the (1) username, (2) password, (3) admin, (4) action, (5) uid, or (6) modify_admin parameter.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8925?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Synology Photo Station.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-8925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-8925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Synology Photo Station

- [CVE-2021-29089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29089/): SQL injection in Synology Photo Station (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-11161](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11161/): SQL injection in Synology Photo Station (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-11151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11151/): File upload in Synology Photo Station (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-11153](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11153/): Deserialization in Synology Photo Station (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-10329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10329/): Command injection in Synology Photo Station (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-8925 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-8925 is a high-severity vulnerability in Synology Photo Station, published on 8 Jun 2018. 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-2018-8925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Synology Photo Station. 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-2018-8925/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-8925/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8925
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8925
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8925

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