SB2014070201 - Cross-site request forgery in Piwigo
Published: July 2, 2014 Updated: February 7, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014070201
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4614)
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 hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that use the (1) pwg.groups.addUser, (2) pwg.groups.deleteUser, (3) pwg.groups.setInfo, (4) pwg.users.setInfo, (5) pwg.permissions.add, or (6) pwg.permissions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.