Cross-site request forgery in Openfire - CVE-2015-6973
Published: October 12, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21739
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6973
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Ignite Realtime
Affected software:
Openfire
Openfire
Detailed vulnerability 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 various actions on behalf of the victim, such as change victim's password, create new users, edit server settings, etc.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6973
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AS-OPENFIRE-CSRF.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133554/Openfire-3.10.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536470/100/0/threaded
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-50
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38192/