Article deletion via unprotected cross-origin request
Published Apr 27, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2025
Cross-site request forgery in withstars Books-Management-System 1.0 allows remote attackers to delete articles through an administrator's session. The /api/article/del handler accepts a forged cross-origin deletion request without a CSRF token or equivalent origin validation. An administrator must open the attacker's crafted page while authenticated, after which the request deletes the selected article.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in withstars Books-Management-System 1.0 allows remote attackers to delete articles through an administrator's session. The /api/article/del handler accepts a forged cross-origin deletion request without a CSRF token or equivalent origin validation. An administrator must open the attacker's crafted page while authenticated, after which the request deletes the selected article.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-3964
- Published
- Apr 27, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2025
- Vendor
- withstars
- Product
- Books-Management-System
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- CSRF proof of concept for /api/article/delproof of concept · demonstrated
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