Vulnerability identifier: #VU25042
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
phpPgAdmin
Web applications /
Other software
Vendor: phpPgAdmin Development Team
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. 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, such as be leveraged by a remote attacker to trick a logged-in administrator to visit a malicious page with a CSRF exploit and execute arbitrary system commands on the server.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
phpPgAdmin: 0.5.0 - 7.12.1
External links
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-PHPPGADMINPHPPGADMIN-543885
http://github.com/snoopysecurity/Public/blob/master/phppgadmin%20CSRF%20Vulnerability.pdf
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.