VDB-250272 · CVE-2023-5455 · RHSA-2024:0137

ipa 3.0 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in ipa. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-5455. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ipa. Affected is an unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

A Cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in ipa/session/login_password in all supported versions of IPA. This flaw allows an attacker to trick the user into submitting a request that could perform actions as the user, resulting in a loss of confidentiality and system integrity. During community penetration testing it was found that for certain HTTP end-points FreeIPA does not ensure CSRF protection. Due to implementation details one cannot use this flaw for reflection of a cookie representing already logged-in user. An attacker would always have to go through a new authentication attempt.

The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2024. The advisory is shared for download at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-5455 since 10/09/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 239813 (TencentOS Server 4: freeipa (TSSA-2024:0349)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4-11-1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at freeipa.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (239813) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-57769). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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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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Nessus ID: 239813
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 4: freeipa (TSSA-2024:0349)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ipa 4-11-1

Timelineinfo

10/09/2023 🔍
01/10/2024 +93 days 🔍
01/10/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/21/2025 +558 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2024:0137
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5455 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5455
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250272
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2024 14:52
Updated: 07/21/2025 14:19
Changes: 01/10/2024 14:52 (48), 01/28/2024 11:22 (1), 01/28/2024 11:30 (11), 09/17/2024 00:34 (21), 04/20/2025 20:35 (3), 06/20/2025 04:27 (2), 07/21/2025 14:19 (1)
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