What is CVE-2018-18449?

CVE-2018-18449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-18449?

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

CSRF in Phome Empirecms

CVE-2018-18449

EmpireCMS 7.5 allows CSRF for adding a user account via an enews=AddUser action to e/admin/user/ListUser.php, a similar issue to CVE-2018-16339.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2019-03-07 · 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: 0.006 (49.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phome Empirecms — versions 7.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/w3irdo001/demo/blob/master/3.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18449?: CVE-2018-18449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-18449?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.