Cross-site request forgery in MyFaces Core - CVE-2021-26296
Published: February 22, 2021 / Updated: February 25, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50852
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26296
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
MyFaces Core
MyFaces Core
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient CSRF protection mechanism. A remote attacker can guess the CSRF token, 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-2021-26296
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161484/Apache-MyFaces-2.x-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Feb/66
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2b73e2356c6155e9ec78fdd8f72a4fac12f3e588014f5f535106ed9b%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Feb/66