Typesetter 5.1 User Permission Page cross-site request forgery
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Typesetter 5.1. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component User Permission Page. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-6888. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Typesetter 5.1. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component User Permission Page. The manipulation 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:
An issue was discovered in Typesetter 5.1. The User Permissions page (aka Admin/Users) suffers from critical flaw of Cross Site Request forgery: using a forged HTTP request, a malicious user can lead a user to unknowingly create / delete or modify a user account due to the lack of an anti-CSRF token.
The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was published 02/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitywarrior9.blogspot.in. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6888 since 02/11/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
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 (44029). Similar entry is available at VDB-113141. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploiting
Class: Cross-site request forgeryCWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
02/11/2018 🔍02/11/2018 🔍
02/12/2018 🔍
02/12/2018 🔍
02/13/2018 🔍
06/30/2024 🔍
Sources
Advisory: securitywarrior9.blogspot.inStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-6888 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6888
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113140
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 02/12/2018 16:35Updated: 06/30/2024 03:22
Changes: 02/12/2018 16:35 (56), 01/04/2020 06:53 (4), 06/30/2024 03:22 (17)
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