8.8high

CVE-2017-162441 exploit

October CMS CSRF

Also known as GHSA-vm6r-4p4v-232x

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-Site Request Forgery exists in OctoberCMS 1.0.426 (aka Build 426) due to improper validation of CSRF tokens for postback handling, allowing an attacker to successfully take over the victim's account. The attack bypasses a protection mechanism involving X-CSRF headers and CSRF tokens via a certain _handler postback variable.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.98% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-43106 OctoberCMS 1.0.426 (Build 426) - Cross-Site Request Forgery · webapps · 2017-11-01

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
packagistoctober/october
<1.0.427
1.0.427

Classification

Weakness

References

  • github.com /octobercms/october/commit/4a6e0e1e0e2c3facebc17e0db38c5b4d4cb05bd0 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/43106/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16244 · advisory
  • github.com /octobercms/october · package
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/43106 · web

Sources

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