mvnForum unspecified cross-site request forgery
| mvnforum-unspecified-csrf (47027) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
mvnForum is vulnerable to multiple cross-site request forgeries, 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 create forums, modify account privileges or enable or disable accounts. 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 mvnForum (1.2.1 GA or later), available from the mvnForum Web site. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Dec 03 2008 - 07:02:19 CST : [SVRT-06-08] MULTI SECURITY VULNERABILITIES IN MVNFORUM.
- mvnForum Web site: mvnForum - free, open source Java J2EE/Jsp/Servlet forum.
- BID-32605: mvnForum Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-5400: Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in mvnForum before 1.2.1 GA allow remote attackers to (1) create forums, (2) change account privileges, (3) enable accounts, or (4) disable accounts as a product administrator via unspecified vectors, possibly related to HTTP Referer headers.
- SA32931: mvnForum Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery
Platforms Affected:
- mvnForum mvnForum 1.0 RC4
- mvnForum mvnForum 1.0 GA
- mvnForum mvnForum 1.1 GA
- mvnForum mvnForum 1.2 GA
Reported:
Dec 03, 2008
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