Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems up to 2.0.2-1 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems up to 2.0.2-1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-5196. The attack can be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems up to 2.0.2-1 (Knowledge Base Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index/manager/fileUpload in Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems 2.3.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of admistrators for requests that upload PHP files.

The weakness was presented 09/23/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-5196 since 09/23/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by mr_me and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 275 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (18266), OSVDB (77995†) and Secunia (SA47330†). See VDB-62404 and VDB-62402 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: mr_me
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/23/2011 🔍
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09/23/2012 +275 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +912 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-5196 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-5196
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62403
Secunia: 47330 - Public Knowledge Project Products Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 77995

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22 PM
Updated: 12/29/2024 12:09 PM
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 PM (46), 02/06/2018 07:36 AM (14), 12/29/2024 12:09 PM (16)
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