FrontAccounting 2.4.3 admin/users.php cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in FrontAccounting 2.4.3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin/users.php. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-7176. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in FrontAccounting 2.4.3 (Accounting Software). This issue affects an unknown part of the file admin/users.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

FrontAccounting 2.4.3 suffers from a CSRF flaw, which leads to adding a user account via admin/users.php (aka the "add user" feature of the User Permissions page).

The bug was discovered 12/22/2018. The weakness was released 02/16/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at securitywarrior9.blogspot.in. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-7176 since 02/15/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/users.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 (44137). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/15/2018 🔍
02/15/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/16/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/16/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/22/2018 +309 days 🔍
05/15/2025 +2335 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitywarrior9.blogspot.in
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-7176 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-7176
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113501
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 02/16/2018 13:03
Updated: 05/15/2025 01:13
Changes: 02/16/2018 13:03 (56), 01/06/2020 15:07 (4), 05/15/2025 01:13 (19)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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