Administrator file operations via missing CSRF checks
Published Feb 13, 2023 · Updated Apr 3, 2025
Cross-site request forgery in Aguila Technologies WP Customer Area before 8.1.4 allows remote attackers to make administrators alter server files. The unauthenticated cuar_folder_action AJAX handler accepts attacker-chosen folder_action, path, and extra values without a CSRF token, then invokes file operations such as mkdir, chmod, or copy. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to submit a crafted cross-origin request and can create directories, change permissions, or copy files under the web server account.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Aguila Technologies WP Customer Area before 8.1.4 allows remote attackers to make administrators alter server files. The unauthenticated cuar_folder_action AJAX handler accepts attacker-chosen folder_action, path, and extra values without a CSRF token, then invokes file operations such as mkdir, chmod, or copy. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to submit a crafted cross-origin request and can create directories, change permissions, or copy files under the web server account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4745
- Published
- Feb 13, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Aguila Technologies
- Product
- WP Customer Area
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 13, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <8.1.4
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What attackers are doing with it
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Public exploit references
- cuar_folder_action CSRF form proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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