Piwigo up to 2.6.1 Administration Panel ws.php cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Piwigo up to 2.6.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file ws.php of the component Administration Panel. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-4613. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Piwigo up to 2.6.1 (Photo Gallery Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file ws.php of the component Administration Panel. 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:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the administration panel in Piwigo before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add users via a pwg.users.add action in a request to ws.php.

The bug was discovered 02/26/2014. The weakness was disclosed 03/16/2018 as EDB-ID 31916 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-4613 since 06/24/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit 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 1479 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:ws.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.6.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (31916), SecurityFocus (BID 65811†) and OSVDB (103774†). The entry VDB-70254 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Piwigo 2.6.2

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02/26/2014 🔍
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06/24/2014 +118 days 🔍
03/16/2018 +1361 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: EDB-ID 31916
Researcher: killall-9
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4613 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4613
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114682
SecurityFocus: 65811 - Piwigo 'ws.php' Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
OSVDB: 103774 - CVE-2014-4613 - Piwigo - Piwigo - Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2018 11:30
Updated: 04/07/2025 04:02
Changes: 03/17/2018 11:30 (72), 01/14/2020 11:32 (4), 02/05/2021 11:32 (2), 04/07/2025 04:02 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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