Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-9155 is a cross-site scripting issue in Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1. A crafted component or attribute display name can cause script or HTML to run in affected Open-AudIT views. Business risk depends on who can reach those administrative or management screens.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted application hygiene issue, not a confirmed emergency. Prioritize if Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1 is internet-accessible, broadly reachable internally, or used by privileged administrators.
Technical view
The CVE describes XSS through crafted component names, demonstrated in Admin->Logs using a logs?logs.type= URI and in Manage->Attributes through the Name (display) field submitted to attributes/create. The source bundle provides no CVSS score, CWE, authentication details, or vendor fix information.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to organizations running Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1, especially where untrusted users can create or influence component or attribute names that administrators later view.
Exploitation context
A public Exploit-DB reference exists, so proof-of-concept information was publicly available. The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or other evidence of active exploitation.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse. The CVE identifies affected version 2.1.1 and two UI locations, but does not provide CVSS, CWE, privilege requirements, fixed release, or complete affected CPE data in the supplied bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Open-AudIT Professional deployments and confirm whether version 2.1.1 is present.
- Check official vendor guidance for fixed versions or supported remediation.
- Restrict access to Admin and Manage interfaces to trusted administrators.
- Review component and attribute names for embedded HTML or script content.
- Apply input validation and output encoding where locally maintained customizations exist.
Validation and detection
- Confirm the installed Open-AudIT Professional version.
- Review Admin->Logs and Manage->Attributes records for suspicious markup in names.
- Verify whether untrusted users can create or alter component or attribute display names.
- Confirm administrative interfaces are not exposed beyond intended management networks.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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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
- 44612CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZG1qiwpECbVnv92yNckDn7yyuluKoC2_ON-eLhAY97Q/edit?usp=sharingCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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