Cross-site request forgery in mm_forum - CVE-2014-6299
Published: October 3, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41247
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6299
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: mm_forum Team
Affected software:
mm_forum
mm_forum
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. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-6299
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.