What is CVE-2018-18246?

CVE-2018-18246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Icinga Web 2, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-18246?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

CSRF in Icinga Web 2

CVE-2018-18246

Icinga Web 2 before 2.6.2 has CSRF via /icingaweb2/config/moduledisable?name=monitoring to disable the monitoring module, or via /icingaweb2/config/moduleenable?name=setup to enable the setup module.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.4% 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

Icinga Web 2

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

herolab.usd.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/usd20180027.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18246?: CVE-2018-18246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Icinga Web 2, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-18246?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.