What is CVE-2018-16951?

CVE-2018-16951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xunfeng Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2018-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-16951?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

CSRF in Xunfeng Project

CVE-2018-16951

xunfeng 0.2.0 allows command execution via CSRF because masscan.py mishandles backquote characters, a related issue to CVE-2018-16832.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2018-09-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xunfeng Project — versions 0.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/ysrc/xunfeng/issues/176 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16951?: CVE-2018-16951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xunfeng Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2018-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-16951?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.