Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems up to 1.0.1 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems up to 1.0.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-5197. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems up to 1.0.1 (Knowledge Base Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index/manager/fileUpload in Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of admistrators for requests that upload PHP files.

The weakness was shared 09/23/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-5197 since 09/23/2012. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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. It is possible to download the exploit 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) and OSVDB (77995†). The entries VDB-62403 and VDB-62402 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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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Timelineinfo

12/23/2011 🔍
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09/23/2012 +275 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +912 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-5197 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-5197
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62404
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 10:30
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (49), 02/06/2018 08:52 (7), 12/29/2024 10:30 (16)
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