Cross-site request forgery in Open Conference Systems

Published: 2012-09-23 | Updated: 2020-08-11

Risk	Medium
Patch available	NO
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2011-5195
CWE-ID	CWE-352
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software	Open Conference Systems Other software / Other software solutions
Vendor	Public Knowledge Project

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU43487

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5195

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Open Conference Systems: 1.0 - 2.3.3-1

CPE2.3

External links

https://osvdb.org/77995
https://secunia.com/advisories/47330
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18266

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.