Claroline unspecified cross-site request forgery
| claroline-unspecified-csrf (43974) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Claroline is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading a victim 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 Claroline (1.8.10 or later), available from the SourceForge.net: Files Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jul 18 2008 - 09:55:35 CDT: [DSECRG-08-030] Claroline 1.8.9 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities.
- Claroline Web site: Claroline . NET.
- SourceForge.net: Files: Claroline, File Release Notes and Changelog, Release Name: Claroline 1.8.10.
- SourceForge.net: Files: Claroline.
- CVE-2008-3262: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Claroline before 1.8.10 allows remote attackers to change passwords, related to lack of a requirement for the previous password.
- SA31116: Claroline Multiple Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Claroline Claroline 1.2
- Claroline Claroline 1.3
- Claroline Claroline 1.4
- Claroline Claroline 1.5
- Claroline Claroline 1.5.3
- Claroline Claroline 1.5.4
- Claroline Claroline 1.6 rc1
- Claroline Claroline 1.6 beta
- Claroline Claroline 1.6
- Claroline Claroline 1.7
- Claroline Claroline 1.7.1
- Claroline Claroline 1.7.2
- Claroline Claroline 1.7.3
- Claroline Claroline 1.7.4
- Claroline Claroline 1.7.5
- Claroline Claroline 1.7.6
- Claroline Claroline 1.7.7
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.0
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.1
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.2
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.3
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.4
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.5
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.6
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.7
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.8
- Claroline Claroline 1.8.9
Reported:
Jul 17, 2008
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