CVE-2018-5301 in Community Edition
Summary
by MITRE
Magento Community Edition and Enterprise Edition before 2.0.10 and 2.1.x before 2.1.2 have CSRF resulting in deletion of a customer address from an address book, aka APPSEC-1433.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 12/20/2019
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2018-5301 represents a critical cross-site request forgery flaw affecting Magento Community and Enterprise editions across specific version ranges. This weakness allows unauthorized attackers to manipulate customer address book data through crafted malicious requests, specifically targeting the deletion of customer addresses without proper authentication or authorization. The vulnerability was classified under the Magento security advisory APPSEC-1433, indicating its severity and impact on customer data integrity within e-commerce platforms.
The technical implementation of this CSRF vulnerability stems from insufficient validation of request origins and lack of proper anti-CSRF token mechanisms within the Magento address management functionality. When a customer performs actions such as deleting addresses from their address book, the application fails to adequately verify that the request originates from the legitimate user interface rather than from a malicious third-party site. This absence of proper origin validation and token verification creates a pathway for attackers to construct malicious web pages or email attachments that can automatically submit deletion requests to the Magento application on behalf of authenticated users.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data loss, as it compromises customer privacy and can lead to significant business disruptions. Attackers could potentially remove customer shipping addresses, making it impossible for customers to complete purchases or receive products, while also undermining customer trust in the platform's security. The vulnerability affects both community and enterprise editions, indicating a widespread exposure across Magento deployments and potentially impacting thousands of online retailers and e-commerce businesses that rely on the platform for their operations.
Mitigation strategies for CVE-2018-5301 should prioritize immediate patching of affected Magento installations to versions 2.0.10 and 2.1.2 or later, which contain the necessary security fixes. Organizations should also implement additional defensive measures including comprehensive input validation, implementation of proper CSRF token mechanisms, and regular security assessments of web applications. The vulnerability aligns with CWE-352, which specifically addresses Cross-Site Request Forgery weaknesses, and falls under ATT&CK technique T1212, which targets application security weaknesses to gain unauthorized access to user data. Organizations should conduct thorough penetration testing and security audits to ensure complete remediation and prevent similar vulnerabilities from emerging in other application components.