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Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-14014 describes a cross-site request forgery issue in waimai Super Cms 20150505 that could let an attacker cause an authenticated administrator to create another admin account. For any exposed or still-used deployment, this could become an account takeover path. Public source data does not provide a CVSS score or vendor fix.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority only for confirmed deployments. The business risk is unauthorized administrator creation, but the public record is sparse and does not confirm active exploitation or an available patch.
Technical view
The CVE record states that waimai Super Cms 20150505 is vulnerable to CSRF affecting the admin account creation action at admin.php?m=Member&a=adminadd. The available metadata does not include CVSS, CWE, CPE, patch details, or confirmed affected version ranges beyond the named 20150505 release.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations still running waimai Super Cms 20150505 or closely related code. Risk is higher where the admin panel is internet-accessible and administrators use active authenticated sessions in browsers that can reach attacker-controlled content.
Exploitation context
The sources do not show active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided bundle. The described condition is CSRF against an authenticated administrator, so exploitation would depend on user interaction and reachable administrative functionality.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE description and a GitHub issue reference. The record lacks CVSS, CWE, CPE, and remediation data. Avoid broad product assumptions; validate the exact codebase and admin workflow before assigning exposure.
Mitigation direction
- Check the project or vendor repository for any official fix or guidance.
- Restrict administrative access to trusted networks or VPN-only access.
- Retire or replace unsupported waimai Super Cms deployments where feasible.
- Require administrators to use separate browsers or profiles for admin sessions.
- Review admin accounts and remove any unauthorized or unexpected users.
Validation and detection
- Identify whether waimai Super Cms 20150505 is deployed anywhere.
- Confirm whether admin.php?m=Member&a=adminadd exists and is reachable.
- Review access controls around the administrative interface.
- Audit admin account creation history for unexpected accounts.
- Check whether vendor guidance or patched code exists for this issue.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/caokang/waimai/issues/2CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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