CVE-2018-14520 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Kirby 2.5.12. The application allows malicious HTTP requests to be sent in order to trick a user into adding web pages.

Published: 2022-08-24

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:getkirby:kirby:2.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-6562	An issue was discovered in Kirby 2.5.12. The application allows malicious HTTP requests to be sent in order to trick a user into adding web pages.
Github GHSA	GHSA-h3w2-qg2r-c7mf	Kirby CMS 2.5.12 Cross-site Scripting

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00232.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://zaranshaikh.blogspot.com/2018/07/cross-site-request-forgery-kirby-cms.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45068

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Getkirby Kirby

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-08-24T19:43:07.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T19:19:47.407Z

Reserved: 2018-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14520

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:29:51.671Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-24T20:15:08.510

Modified: 2025-06-17T20:15:23.837

Link: CVE-2018-14520

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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