Cross-site request forgery in Google Compute Engine - CVE-2019-16548
Published: November 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22924
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16548
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not require POST requests on an API endpoint. 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 provision new agents.
Affected software
Google Compute Engine
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16548
Install updates from vendor's website.
Google Compute Engine - update to 4.2.0