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Plain-English summary
baijiacms V3 reportedly allowed a logged-in administrator to be tricked through CSRF into adding another administrator account. If an exposed baijiacms admin user visits attacker-controlled content while authenticated, the attacker could gain privileged access. The provided sources do not include CVSS, affected version detail beyond V3, or a vendor fix.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority if baijiacms V3 is present, because successful abuse could create a new administrator account. Urgency is lower where the product is absent or the admin interface is tightly isolated.
Technical view
CVE-2018-10249 is described as CSRF in baijiacms V3 affecting the user-management path index.php with site edit-user functionality, enabling administrator account creation. The source bundle identifies no CWE, CPE, patch version, or official remediation. CISA KEV status is false, so active exploitation is not established from the supplied evidence.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running baijiacms V3, especially where administrator sessions can reach the management interface from browsers that also access untrusted content. The bundle does not identify other products, maintained forks, or exact vulnerable builds.
Exploitation context
The issue is CSRF-based, so it depends on a privileged user's authenticated browser session and missing request-forgery protections. The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing or other evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: one public advisory-style reference and CVE metadata. Avoid broad claims about versions, exploit maturity, or fixes. Focus validation on product presence, admin-interface exposure, account auditing, and whether state-changing admin actions enforce CSRF controls.
Mitigation direction
- Check baijiacms project or vendor guidance for a fixed release or official mitigation.
- Restrict access to baijiacms administrative interfaces to trusted networks or VPN users.
- Review administrator accounts and remove any unexpected privileged users.
- Apply strong session hygiene for administrators, including logging out after privileged tasks.
- Prioritize migration if baijiacms V3 is unmaintained in your environment.
Validation and detection
- Inventory web assets for baijiacms V3 deployments.
- Confirm whether admin pages are reachable from the internet.
- Review user records for unauthorized administrator accounts.
- Check application logs for unexpected administrator creation events.
- Verify whether admin state-changing forms use anti-CSRF protections.
Public sources used
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- Known Exploited
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No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://crayon-xin.github.io/2018/04/20/baijiacmsV3-CSRF-add-admin/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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