FlexCMS Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

by Carol~ Moderator - 3/19/12 12:49 PM

In Reply to: VULNERABILITIES / FIXES - March 19, 2012 by Carol~ Moderator

Release Date : 2012-03-19

Criticality level : Less critical
Impact : Cross Site Scripting
Where : From remote
Solution Status : Unpatched

Software: FlexCMS 3.x

Description:
Ivano Binetti has discovered a vulnerability in FlexCMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.

The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to verify the requests. This can be exploited to e.g. change an administrator's password by tricking a logged in administrator into visiting a malicious web site.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.2.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Do not browse untrusted websites or follow untrusted links while logged in to the application.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Ivano Binetti.

Original Advisory:
http://ivanobinetti.blogspot.com/2012/03/flexcms-multiple-csrf-vulnerabilities.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/48451/