VDB-237543 · CVE-2023-40172 · GHSA-873h-pqjx-3pwg

Social Media Skeleton up to 1.0.4 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Social Media Skeleton up to 1.0.4. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-40172. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Social Media Skeleton up to 1.0.4 (Social Network Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block. 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:

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack is a type of malicious attack whereby an attacker tricks a victim into performing an action on a website that they do not intend to do. This can be done by sending the victim a malicious link or by exploiting a vulnerability in the website. Prior to version 1.0.5 Social media skeleton did not properly restrict CSRF attacks. This has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The weakness was presented 08/19/2023 as GHSA-873h-pqjx-3pwg. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-40172 since 08/09/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 344d798e82d6cc39844962c6d3cb2560f5907848 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Type

Social Network Software

Name

Social Media Skeleton

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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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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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Social Media Skeleton 1.0.5
Patch: 344d798e82d6cc39844962c6d3cb2560f5907848

Timelineinfo

08/09/2023 🔍
08/19/2023 +10 days 🔍
08/19/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/13/2023 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-873h-pqjx-3pwg
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-40172 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-40172
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237543

Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2023 08:31
Updated: 09/13/2023 16:26
Changes: 08/19/2023 08:31 (52), 09/13/2023 16:26 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103