gpEasy CMS admin interface cross-site request forgery
| gpeasy-admin-interface-csrf (58214) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
gpEasy CMS is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the administrative interface. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to create administrative 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 gpEasy CMS (1.6.3 or later), available from the gpEasy CMS Web site. See References.
References:
- gpEasy CMS Web site: gpEasy CMS.
- Offensive Security Exploit Database [04-28-2010]: gpEasy <= 1.6.1 CSRF Remote Add Admin Exploit .
- BID-40330: gpEasy CMS 'editing_files.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2010-2039: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in gpEasy CMS 1.6.2, 1.6.1, and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create new administrative users via an Admin_Users action to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- OSVDB ID: 64130: gpEasy CMS Admin User Addition CSRF
- SA39643: gpEasy CMS Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2010-1030: gpEasy Admin Interface Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.5 rc4
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.5 rc2
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.5
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.5 rc3
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.6
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.6 rc1
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.6 rc4
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.6 rc5
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.6 rc3
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.6 rc2
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.6.1
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.6.2
- gpEasy CMS gpEasy CMS 1.6.3
Reported:
Apr 28, 2010
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