N-13 News admin.php cross-site request forgery
| n13news-admin-csrf (64824) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
N-13 News is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the admin.php script. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to add an administrative user. 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 N-13 News 4.0.2, available from the N-13 News Web site. See References.
References:
- N-13 News Web site: N-13 News.
- Offensive Security Exploit Database [01-18-2011]: N-13 News 3.4 Remote Admin Add CSRF Exploit.
- Offensive Security Exploit Database [03-06-2011]: N-13 News 4.0 CSRF Vulnerability (Add Admin).
- CVE-2011-0642: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in news/admin.php in N-13 News 3.4, 3.7, and 4.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create new users via the options action. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- OSVDB ID: 70593: N-13 News news/admin.php Admin User Addition CSRF
- SA42959: N-13 News Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- N-13 News N-13 News 3.7
- N-13 News N-13 News 4.0
Reported:
Jan 18, 2011
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