What is CVE-2018-12659?

CVE-2018-12659 is a high-severity vulnerability in Slims Akasia Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-12659?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Slims Akasia Project

CVE-2018-12659

SLiMS 8 Akasia 8.3.1 allows remote attackers to bypass the CSRF protection mechanism and obtain admin access by omitting the csrf_token parameter.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2018-06-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.008 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Slims Akasia Project — versions 8.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

github.com/slims/slims8_akasia/issues/103 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12659?: CVE-2018-12659 is a high-severity vulnerability in Slims Akasia Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-12659?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.