Cerb up to 7.0.3 ajax.php saveWorkerPeek cross-site request forgery
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 3.9 | $0-$5k | 0.69 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Cerb up to 7.0.3. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects the function saveWorkerPeek of the file ajax.php. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery.
This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6545. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.
Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cerb up to 7.0.3. This affects the function saveWorkerPeek of the file ajax.php. 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. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ajax.php in Cerb before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add an administrator account via a saveWorkerPeek action.
The weakness was published 09/03/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at htbridge.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-6545 since 08/20/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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.
A public exploit has been developed by High-Tech Bridge SA and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:ajax.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11520 (Cerb ajax.php Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability).
Upgrading to version 7.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (38074) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54103†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9
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VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploiting
Class: Cross-site request forgeryCWE: 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: High-Tech Bridge SA
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Cerb 7.0.4
Patch: github.com
Timeline
08/20/2015 🔍09/02/2015 🔍
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09/03/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: 133404Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-6545 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6545
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77565
Vulnerability Center: 54103 - Cerb <7.0.4 Remote CSRF via Failure in AJAX.PHP, Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 09/04/2015 10:22Updated: 11/18/2024 09:18
Changes: 09/04/2015 10:22 (48), 03/10/2018 10:42 (15), 06/14/2022 09:31 (4), 11/18/2024 09:18 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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