SB2012101006 - Multiple vulnerabilities in glpi-project GLPI



SB2012101006 - Multiple vulnerabilities in glpi-project GLPI

Published: October 10, 2012 Updated: September 15, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2012101006
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4002)

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.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4003)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in GLPI-PROJECT GLPI before 0.83.3 when processing unknown vectors. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.