Public Knowledge Project Open Conference Systems up to 2.1.1-1 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Public Knowledge Project Open Conference Systems up to 2.1.1-1 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-5195. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Public Knowledge Project Open Conference Systems up to 2.1.1-1 (Knowledge Base Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index/manager/fileUpload in Public Knowledge Project Open Conference Systems 2.3.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of admistrators for requests that upload a PHP file.

The weakness was disclosed 09/23/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-5195 since 09/23/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by mr_me and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available 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 275 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 databases at Exploit-DB (18266), OSVDB (77995†) and Secunia (SA47330†). The entries VDB-62404 and VDB-62403 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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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
Author: mr_me
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/23/2011 🔍
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09/23/2012 +275 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +912 days 🔍
12/29/2024 +3568 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-5195 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-5195
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62402
Secunia: 47330 - Public Knowledge Project Products Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 77995

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

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/29/2024 15:08
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (46), 02/05/2018 07:56 (14), 12/29/2024 15:08 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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