Cross-site request forgery in Mongoose - CVE-2017-11567

Vulnerability details

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, such as be leveraged to execute arbitrary code remotely.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2017-11567

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

• Exploit #11709 - Mongoose Web Server 6.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery / Remote Code Execution (June 23, 2025)

External References

• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MONGOOSE-WEB-SERVER-v6.5-CSRF-COMMAND-EXECUTION.txt
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/3
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42614/

Related Security Bulletins

• Cross-site request forgery in Mongoose