# CVE-2008-6949: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to modify projects or upload files via CSRF, requiring admin interaction.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p5qj-w5wr-j75h

## What is CVE-2008-6949?

CVE-2008-6949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2009. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Collabtive 0.4.8 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) submit or edit a new project, or (2) upload files to a project, or (3) attach files to messages via unknown vectors.  NOTE: these issues can be leveraged with other vulnerabilities to create remote attack vectors that do not require authentication.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6949?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Collabtive Collabtive.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-6949?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6949 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-6949 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6949 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Collabtive 0.4.8 - Cross-Site Scripting / Authentication Bypass / Arbitrary File Upload (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-6947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6947/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6948](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6948/): File upload in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2008-6946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6946/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-6949 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-6949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2009. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6949 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6949/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6949/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6949
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6949
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-6949

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6949/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.