vtiger CRM 5.0.4 index.php rssurl cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in vtiger CRM 5.0.4 (Customer Relationship Management System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument rssurl with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the RSS module in vtiger CRM 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of Admin users for requests that modify the news feed system via the rssurl parameter in a Save action to index.php.

The bug was discovered 06/20/2009. The weakness was released 08/18/2009 by Francesco "aScii" Ongaro (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3248 since 09/18/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 32 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (9450). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 50111, 50110, 50104 and 50103.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Public
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vtiger.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Francesco "aScii" Ongaro
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-3248 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 36062 - vtiger CRM Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 36309 - vtiger CRM Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 57238 - vtiger CRM RSS Feed Addition CSRF
Vupen: ADV-2009-2319

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 01/20/2019 13:32
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (64), 01/20/2019 13:32 (6)
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