What is CVE-2018-16339?

CVE-2018-16339 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-16339?

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

CSRF in Phome Empirecms

CVE-2018-16339

An issue was discovered in EmpireCMS 7.0. There is a CSRF vulnerability that can add administrators via upload/e/admin/user/AddUser.php?enews=AddUser.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2018-09-02 · 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: 0.005 (42.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phome Empirecms — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/sbmzhcn/EmpireCMS/issues/1 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16339?: CVE-2018-16339 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-16339?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.