What is CVE-2018-14420?

CVE-2018-14420 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metinfo, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-14420?

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

CSRF in Metinfo

CVE-2018-14420

MetInfo 6.0.0 allows a CSRF attack to add a user account via a doaddsave action to admin/index.php, as demonstrated by an admin/index.php?anyid=47&n=admin&c=admin_admin&a=doaddsave URI.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Metinfo — versions 6.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14420?: CVE-2018-14420 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metinfo, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-14420?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.