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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVE-2012-1297

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in main.php in Contao (formerly TYPOlight) before 3.0.0 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) delete users via a delete action in the user module, (2) delete news via a delete action in the news module, or (3) delete newsletters via a delete action in the newsletters module.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is a vulnerability that allows an attacker to make arbitrary requests in an authenticated vulnerable web application and disrupt the integrity of the victim’s session. The impact of a successful CSRF attack may range from minor to severe, depending upon the capabilities exposed by the vulnerable application and privileges of the user. An attacker may force the user to perform state-changing requests like transferring funds, changing their email address or password etc. However, if an administrative level account is affected, it may compromise the whole web application and associated sensitive data.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published