Simple PHP Blog add_block.php cross-site request forgery
| simplephpblog-addblock-csrf (37238) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Simple PHP Blog is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the add_block.php script. By sending a specially-crafted email within an IMG tag, a remote attacker could use the delete action with the block_id parameter to delete blocks and possibly perform cross-site scripting, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activity, if the attacker could persuade the victim to open the malicious email message and read the comment.
Platforms Affected:
- Alexander Palmo, Simple PHP Blog 0.4.9
Remedy:
No remedy available as of January 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Oct 17 2007 - 09:00:55 CDT, Multiple CSRF in SimplePHPBlog at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-10/0258.html.
- Simple PHP Blog, Simple PHP Blog - Project Homepage at http://www.simplephpblog.com/.
- CVE-2007-5572: Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Simple PHP Blog (SPHPBlog) 0.4.9 allow remote attackers to perform delete actions as administrators via (1) the block_id parameter to add_block.php or (2) the link_id parameter to add_link.php.
- SA27264: Simple PHP Blog Cross-Site Request Forgery
Reported:
Oct 17, 2007
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