What is CVE-2018-18773?

CVE-2018-18773 is a high-severity vulnerability in Control-Webpanel Webpanel, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-18773?

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

CSRF in Control-Webpanel Webpanel

CVE-2018-18773

CentOS-WebPanel.com (aka CWP) CentOS Web Panel through 0.9.8.740 allows CSRF via admin/index.php?module=rootpwd, as demonstrated by changing the root password.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2018-11-20 · 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: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Control-Webpanel Webpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45822/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/150169/CentOS-Web-Panel-0.9.8.740-XSS-CSRF-Code-E… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/150169/CentOS-Web-Panel-0.9.8.740-Root-Account-Ta… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18773?: CVE-2018-18773 is a high-severity vulnerability in Control-Webpanel Webpanel, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-18773?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.