Twiki unspecified cross-site request forgery
| twiki-unspecified-csrf (50254) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
TWiki is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to update wiki pages. 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:
Refer to the TWiki Security Alert CVE-2009-1339 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- TWiki Security Alert CVE-2009-1339: CSRF Vulnerability with Image Tag.
- CVE-2009-1339: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in TWiki before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that update pages, as demonstrated by a URL for a save script in the SRC attribute of an IMG element, a related issue to CVE-2009-1434.
- SA34880: TWiki Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1022146: TWiki Image Tag Processing Bug Permits Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-1217: TWiki URL Processing Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- TWiki TWiki 4.0.0
- TWiki TWiki 4.0.1
- TWiki TWiki 4.0.2
- TWiki TWiki 4.0.3
- TWiki TWiki 4.0.4
- TWiki TWiki 4.0.5
- TWiki TWiki 4.1.0
- TWiki TWiki 4.1.1
- TWiki TWiki 4.1.2
- TWiki TWiki 4.2.0
- TWiki TWiki 4.2.1
- TWiki TWiki 4.2.2
- TWiki TWiki 4.2.3
- TWiki TWiki 4.2.4
- TWiki TWiki 4.3.0
Reported:
Apr 30, 2009
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