Vulnerability identifier: #VU17893

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9549

CWE-ID: CWE-352

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
PopojiCMS
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor: PopojiCMS

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 po-admin/route.php?mod=user&act=addnew URI. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as adding a level=1 account.

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

Vulnerable software versions

PopojiCMS: 2.0.1

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External links
http://github.com/PopojiCMS/PopojiCMS/issues/17

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.