CVE-2024-40488 in Live Membership System
Summary
by MITRE • 08/12/2024
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was found in the Kashipara Live Membership System v1.0. This could lead to an attacker tricking the administrator into deleting valid member data via a crafted HTML page, as demonstrated by a Delete Member action at the /delete_members.php.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 03/15/2025
The CVE-2024-40488 vulnerability represents a critical cross-site request forgery flaw within the Kashipara Live Membership System version 1.0 that fundamentally undermines the application's security posture. This vulnerability resides in the system's failure to implement proper anti-CSRF mechanisms, specifically affecting the /delete_members.php endpoint where administrators can remove member records. The flaw enables attackers to construct malicious HTML pages that can automatically submit deletion requests to the vulnerable system when an authenticated administrator visits the malicious site, exploiting the trust relationship between the user's browser and the web application.
This CSRF vulnerability operates through the exploitation of the application's lack of anti-CSRF tokens in its member deletion functionality. When an administrator navigates to a malicious page containing embedded HTML forms or JavaScript code, the browser automatically submits requests to the /delete_members.php endpoint without requiring additional authentication or validation. The attack vector demonstrates how the system fails to verify the authenticity of requests originating from the same user who is currently authenticated, creating a scenario where legitimate administrative actions can be performed without the administrator's knowledge or consent. This flaw aligns with CWE-352, which specifically addresses Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerabilities in web applications.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data loss, as it represents a serious threat to the integrity and availability of membership data within the system. An attacker could potentially delete multiple member records, disrupt membership management operations, and cause significant business disruption for the organization using the Kashipara Live Membership System. The vulnerability particularly affects administrative users who maintain membership databases, as their authenticated sessions can be exploited to perform unauthorized deletions. This represents a direct violation of the principle of least privilege and could lead to cascading effects where legitimate members lose access to services or data that was previously available to them.
Mitigation strategies for CVE-2024-40488 must focus on implementing robust anti-CSRF protection mechanisms throughout the application's architecture. The most effective approach involves implementing unique, unpredictable tokens for each user session that must be validated before any state-changing operations are processed. These tokens should be generated server-side, embedded in forms and requests, and verified against the user's current session before any deletion operations are permitted. Organizations should also consider implementing additional security controls such as referer header validation, same-site cookies, and proper session management practices. The vulnerability demonstrates the importance of following secure coding practices as outlined in the OWASP Top Ten and aligns with ATT&CK technique T1531 which addresses the exploitation of web application vulnerabilities for privilege escalation and data manipulation. Regular security assessments and input validation should be implemented to prevent similar vulnerabilities from emerging in future system versions.