CVE-2008-0575 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 5 Feb 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can trick administrators into granting superadmin privileges to arbitrary accounts via CSRF in webSPELL.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-0575?

CVE-2008-0575 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Feb 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in admin/admincenter.php in webSPELL 4.01.02 allows remote attackers to assign the superadmin privilege level to arbitrary accounts as administrators via an "update member" action.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0575?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Webspell Webspell.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0575?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0575 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-0575 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0575 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-53jw-q7qq-mxwr.