CVE-2008-6478 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can trick administrators into creating, deleting files, or modifying system configuration via CSRF in the Virtuozzo web interface.

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

What is CVE-2008-6478?

CVE-2008-6478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Mar 2009. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the file manager in the VZPP web interface for Parallels Virtuozzo 365.6.swsoft (build 4.0.0-365.6.swsoft) and 25.4.swsoft (build 3.0.0-25.4.swsoft) allows remote attackers to create and delete arbitrary files as the administrator via a link or IMG tag to (1) create-file and (2) list-control in vz/cp/vzdir/infrman/envs/files/; or modify system configuration via the path parameter to vz/cp/vzdir/infrman/envs/files/index.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6478?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Parallels Virtuozzo Containers.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6478?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-6478 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6478 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wjhm-rfrv-chrc.

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