Medium severity · published Mar 6, 2026
CVE-2018-25177
Data Center Audit 2.6.2 Cross-Site Request Forgery via dca_resetpw.php
5.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Data Center Audit 2.6.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to reset administrator passwords without authentication by submitting crafted POST requests. Attackers can send requests to dca_resetpw.php with parameters updateuser, pass, pass2, and submit_reset to change the admin account password and gain administrative access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DC
Data Center Audit · Sourceforge
2.6.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25177
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25177
www.exploit-db.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45831
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/data-center-audit-cross-site-request-forgery-via-dca-resetpwphp
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