joeyrush PHP-SHOP 1.0 POST Request users.php cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in joeyrush PHP-SHOP 1.0 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file users.php of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-25397. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in joeyrush PHP-SHOP 1.0. Affected is an unknown code of the file users.php of the component POST Request Handler. 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:

PHP-SHOP 1.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to add administrative users by crafting malicious HTML forms. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into visiting a page containing a hidden form that automatically submits POST requests to the users.php endpoint with parameters like name, email, password, and permissions set to admin to create unauthorized admin accounts.

The weakness was released by Alireza Norkazemi as 45636. The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-25397 since 05/29/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl: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 (45636). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Programming Language Software

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• joeyrush

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• PHP-SHOP

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• 1.0

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