Is CVE-2018-8972 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-8972 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-8972?

CVE-2018-8972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-8972?

CVE-2018-8972 has an EPSS score of 0.58% (43th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8972?

Upgrade cwcms to 2017-07-28 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-8972

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Creditwest Bank CMS Project (aka CWCMS) through 2017-07-28 has CSRF in the functionality for updating the site configuration, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code, as demonstrated by a PHP shell that calls eval on request parameters.

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery

How to fix

Remediation Available

cwcmsNVD

Affected:< 2017-07-28Fixed in:2017-07-28CVE-2018-8972derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.58%probability of exploitation in 30 days

43rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 43% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2016-6277	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2014-0054	Medium	6.8	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2013-6429	Medium	6.8	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-41622	High	8.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2018-7700	High	8.8	75%	-	-
CVE-2015-2295	Medium	6.8	66%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.