#VU13335 Cross-site request forgery in SearchBlox - CVE-2018-11538
Published: June 13, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13335
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11538
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
SearchBlox
SearchBlox
Software vendor:
SearchBlox
SearchBlox
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attack.
The weakness exists in servlet/UserServlet due to insufficient validation of user-suppliedinput passed via the u_name, u_passwd1, u_passwd2, role, and X-XSRF-TOKEN POST parameters. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page or URL, trick the victim into visiting it, bypass CSRF Token gain access to the system and perform arbitrary actions.
The weakness exists in servlet/UserServlet due to insufficient validation of user-suppliedinput passed via the u_name, u_passwd1, u_passwd2, role, and X-XSRF-TOKEN POST parameters. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page or URL, trick the victim into visiting it, bypass CSRF Token gain access to the system and perform arbitrary actions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.