Cross-site request forgery in PHP-Nuke - CVE-2011-1482

 

Cross-site request forgery in PHP-Nuke - CVE-2011-1482

Published: June 21, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44945
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-2011-1482
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Phpnuke.org
Affected software:
PHP-Nuke

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-2011-1482

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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