CVE-2008-7214 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 11 Sep 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to create new admin accounts via CSRF in the MOStlyCE plugin for Mambo CMS.

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

What is CVE-2008-7214?

CVE-2008-7214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Sep 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrator/index2.php in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add new administrator accounts via the save task in a com_users action, as demonstrated using a separate XSS vulnerability in mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7214?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Brilaps Mostlyce, Mambo-Foundation Mambo.

How do I fix CVE-2008-7214?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7214 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-7214 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g26h-7j58-88wq.