VDB-112365 · CVE-2018-5969 · EDB-ID 43867

Photography CMS 1.0 ajax_new_admin.php cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Photography CMS 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file clients/resources/ajax/ajax_new_admin.php. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-5969. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Photography CMS 1.0 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown functionality of the file clients/resources/ajax/ajax_new_admin.php. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exists in Photography CMS 1.0 via clients/resources/ajax/ajax_new_admin.php, as demonstrated by adding an admin account.

The bug was discovered 01/23/2018. The weakness was published 01/24/2018 as EDB-ID 43867 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-5969 since 01/22/2018. 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 and a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:clients/resources/ajax/ajax_new_admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (43867). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Vendor

Photography

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Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/22/2018 🔍
01/23/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
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01/24/2018 +0 days 🔍
01/24/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/30/2025 +2744 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: EDB-ID 43867
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-5969 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5969
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112365
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/24/2018 14:28
Updated: 07/30/2025 06:50
Changes: 01/24/2018 14:28 (65), 12/27/2019 09:01 (1), 07/30/2025 06:50 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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