OpenX 2.8.10 plugin-preferences.php group cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in OpenX 2.8.10. This affects an unknown function of the file plugin-preferences.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument group results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-7376. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in OpenX 2.8.10. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the file plugin-preferences.php. The manipulation of the argument group 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in OpenX 2.8.10, possibly before revision 82710, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators, as demonstrated by requests that conduct directory traversal attacks via the group parameter to (1) plugin-preferences.php or (2) plugin-settings.php in www/admin, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3514.

The weakness was presented 05/14/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at htbridge.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-7376 since 05/14/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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:plugin-preferences.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.8.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (26624) and OSVDB (94778†). See VDB-9332 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• OpenX

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• 2.8.10

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• open-source

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