Cross-site request forgery in CMS Made Simple - CVE-2012-5450
Published: December 3, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43277
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-2012-5450
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: cmsmadesimple.org
Affected software:
CMS Made Simple
CMS Made Simple
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-2012-5450
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0035.html
- http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=63545
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117951/CMS-Made-Simple-1.11.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51185
- http://viewsvn.cmsmadesimple.org/diff.php?repname=cmsmadesimple&path=%2Ftrunk%2Flib%2Ffilemanager%2FImageManager%2FClasses%2FImageManager.php&rev=8400&peg=8498
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79881
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23121