Cross-site request forgery in Squid - CVE-2019-18677
Published: November 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22910
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18677
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Squid-cache.org
Affected software:
Squid
Squid
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, when Squid is configured with the append_domain option. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and redirect victim's traffic to a third-party domain.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18677
Install updates from vendor's website.