Cross-site request forgery in joyplus cms - CVE-2018-8717
Published: March 15, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37430
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8717
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: joyplus
Affected software:
joyplus cms
joyplus cms
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 within joyplus-cms 1.6.0. 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 adding an administrator account.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-8717
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.