Open Web Analytics up to 1.5.5 CSRF Protection owa_user_id cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Open Web Analytics up to 1.5.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component CSRF protection. Such manipulation of the argument owa_user_id as part of User Name leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-1457. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Open Web Analytics up to 1.5.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CSRF Protection. The manipulation of the argument owa_user_id as part of a User Name 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 confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 improperly generates random nonce values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of an OWA user name.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2014. The weakness was presented 03/20/2018 by Dana James Traversie with Dell SecureWorks (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openwebanalytics.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-1457 since 01/14/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74189 (Open Web Analytics < 1.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 1.5.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (74189), SecurityFocus (BID 65573†) and OSVDB (103318†). See VDB-66479 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Nessus ID: 74189
Nessus Name: Open Web Analytics < 1.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Open Web Analytics 1.5.6

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01/14/2014 🔍
02/01/2014 +18 days 🔍
02/13/2014 +12 days 🔍
02/13/2014 +0 days 🔍
05/27/2014 +103 days 🔍
03/20/2018 +1393 days 🔍
03/20/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/05/2021 +1052 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwebanalytics.com
Researcher: Dana James Traversie
Organization: Dell SecureWorks
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-1457 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1457
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114788
X-Force: 91125
SecurityFocus: 65573 - Open Web Analytics CVE-2014-1457 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
OSVDB: 103318 - CVE-2014-1457 - Openwebanalytics - Open Web Analytics - Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2018 07:34
Updated: 02/05/2021 14:16
Changes: 03/21/2018 07:34 (73), 01/15/2020 07:52 (4), 02/05/2021 14:16 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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