Cross-site request forgery in Symfony - CVE-2015-8125
Published: December 7, 2015 / Updated: October 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40585
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8125
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
Symfony
Fedora
php-twig
php-symfony
Fedora
php-twig
php-symfony
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8125
Install update from vendor's website.
php-twig - addressed in versions 1.23.1-2.el7, 1.23.1-2.fc22, 1.23.1-2.fc23
php-symfony - addressed in versions 2.7.7-2.el7, 2.7.7-2.fc22, 2.7.7-2.fc23
php-symfony - addressed in versions 2.7.7-2.el7, 2.7.7-2.fc22, 2.7.7-2.fc23
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173271.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173300.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3402
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77692
- https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2015-8125-potential-remote-timing-attack-vulnerability-in-security-remember-me-service