Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-7733 is a cross-site request forgery issue in YxtCMF 3.1. If an administrator is tricked into interacting with malicious content while logged in, an attacker may be able to cause unauthorized administrator account changes. Public sources do not provide a CVSS score or vendor fix details.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted administrative-risk issue. Prioritize if YxtCMF 3.1 is internet-facing or used for business-critical sites. If the product is not present, no action is needed beyond asset confirmation.
Technical view
The CVE describes CSRF in YxtCMF 3.1 RbacController.class.php, demonstrated against the admin user add_post endpoint. The weakness concerns state-changing administrator actions lacking adequate request authenticity protections. Source data does not identify broader affected versions, a patch, or a CVSS vector.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant for organizations running YxtCMF 3.1 with accessible administrator functionality. Risk is higher where administrators remain logged in while browsing untrusted sites. The source bundle does not identify other affected products or versions.
Exploitation context
No CISA KEV entry is present, and the provided sources do not state active exploitation. Practical abuse would likely require a logged-in administrator to be induced into a cross-site action. This is a social-engineering-assisted administrative integrity risk rather than unauthenticated direct compromise.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE description and a public reference. Affected version data is only YxtCMF 3.1. No CVSS, CWE, patch advisory, or exploitation-in-the-wild evidence is provided in the source bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Check YxtCMF vendor or project guidance for updates or security fixes.
- Restrict access to administrative paths to trusted networks or VPN users.
- Require administrators to log out when not actively managing the site.
- Use browser and application controls that reduce cross-site request risk.
- Review custom code for CSRF tokens on state-changing admin actions.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether any deployed application is YxtCMF 3.1.
- Inventory exposed administrative interfaces for YxtCMF instances.
- Review RbacController.class.php for CSRF protection on account-changing actions.
- Check change logs or repository history for a CSRF-related fix.
- Review admin account audit logs for unexpected additions or modifications.
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/SQYY/CVE/blob/master/YxtCMF_CCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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