Administrator takeover via missing CSRF token validation
Published Jun 27, 2023 · Updated Dec 5, 2024
Cross-site request forgery in CatfishCMS 4.8.63 allows remote attackers to gain administrator permissions through a crafted request. The administrator user-management operation accepts state-changing requests without validating an anti-CSRF token, so attacker-supplied changes run in an administrator session. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open attacker-controlled content in a browser with Flash support, and the resulting permission change grants administrative control.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in CatfishCMS 4.8.63 allows remote attackers to gain administrator permissions through a crafted request. The administrator user-management operation accepts state-changing requests without validating an anti-CSRF token, so attacker-supplied changes run in an administrator session. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open attacker-controlled content in a browser with Flash support, and the resulting permission change grants administrative control.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-18409
- Published
- Jun 27, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 5, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- CSRF proof of concept for administrator permission changeproof of concept · demonstrated
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