Account deletion via spoofed removal requests
Published Feb 5, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Improper access control in phpMyFAQ before 3.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to spoof account-removal emails via modified requests. The api.service.php removal handler trusted client-supplied user ID, login name, and email fields instead of matching them to the authenticated account. A logged-in attacker can send an administrator a convincing false deletion request; actual account deletion still requires administrator action.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in phpMyFAQ before 3.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to spoof account-removal emails via modified requests. The api.service.php removal handler trusted client-supplied user ID, login name, and email fields instead of matching them to the authenticated account. A logged-in attacker can send an administrator a convincing false deletion request; actual account deletion still requires administrator action.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-22202
- Published
- Feb 5, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- Thorsten Rinne
- Product
- phpMyFAQ
- Classifications
- CWE-284
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 3.2.5
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- Request-removal interception proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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