Cross-site request forgery in SeedDMS - CVE-2021-36542

 

Cross-site request forgery in SeedDMS - CVE-2021-36542

Published: August 5, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55593
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36542
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SeedDMS
Software vendor:
Uwe Steinmann

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 in the op.LockDocument.php script. 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.


Remediation

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

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