ikiwiki change password cross-site request forgery
| ikiwiki-change-password-csrf (41904) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ikiwiki is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the preferences and edit forms. By persuading a victim logged into ikiwiki to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to cause the victim to change passwords or perform other arbitrary tasks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of ikiwiki (2.42 or later), available from the ikiwiki Web site. See References.
References:
- ikiwiki Security Web site: Cross Site Request Forging.
- ikiwiki Web site: download.
- CVE-2008-0165: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Ikiwiki before 2.42 allows remote attackers to modify user preferences, including passwords, via the (1) preferences and (2) edit forms.
- DSA-1553: ikiwiki -- cross-site request forgery
- SA29907: ikiwiki Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1297: ikiwiki URL Processing Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.0
- ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.1
- ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.13
- ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.31.0
- ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.31.1
- ikiwiki ikiwiki 2.31.2
Reported:
Apr 20, 2008
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