Cross-site request forgery in Keycloak - CVE-2017-12159
Published: October 26, 2017 / Updated: December 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38016
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12159
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 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.
Affected software
Keycloak
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package)
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12159
Install update from vendor's website.
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.5.14-1.Final_redhat_1.1.jbcs.el6, 2.5.14-1.Final_redhat_1.1.jbcs.el7