Cross-site request forgery in BigTree CMS - CVE-2017-9365

 

Cross-site request forgery in BigTree CMS - CVE-2017-9365

Published: June 2, 2017 / Updated: June 6, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6901
CSH Severity: Low
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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9365
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: BigTree CMS
Affected software:
BigTree CMS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attack.

The vulnerability exists due to absent validation of HTTP request origin when unlocking modules and website pages in /admin/pages/revisions.php script. A remote attacker can trick a logged-in administrator into visiting a specially crafted web page and unlock arbitrary pages or modules on the vulnerable website.

Exploitation example for unlocking page with id=1:
http://[host]/admin/pages/revisions/1/?force=false

How to mitigate CVE-2017-9365

Install update from GIT repository.

Sources