Admin account creation via cross-site requests
Published Jan 20, 2025 · Updated Feb 12, 2025
CSRF in PwnDoc allows remote attackers to create an administrator account through a logged-in user's browser using crafted web content. The URL-encoded parser accepts cross-site form posts, while authentication cookies set in backend/src/routes/user.js omit SameSite restrictions. Exploitation requires a valid refreshToken cookie and user interaction with attacker-controlled content, after which the new administrator account can access all PwnDoc data.
Summary
What happened
CSRF in PwnDoc allows remote attackers to create an administrator account through a logged-in user's browser using crafted web content. The URL-encoded parser accepts cross-site form posts, while authentication cookies set in backend/src/routes/user.js omit SameSite restrictions. Exploitation requires a valid refreshToken cookie and user interaction with attacker-controlled content, after which the new administrator account can access all PwnDoc data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-23044
- Published
- Jan 20, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 12, 2025
- Vendor
- PwnDoc
- Product
- PwnDoc
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Admin-account CSRF exploit HTMLfunctional · demonstrated
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