# CVE-2009-3248: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack Admin sessions to modify news feeds via CSRF in vtiger CRM's RSS module.

- **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:** 18 Sep 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5pjj-cvfp-x5m8

## What is CVE-2009-3248?

CVE-2009-3248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vtiger Vtiger Crm, published on 18 Sep 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 RSS module in vtiger CRM 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of Admin users for requests that modify the news feed system via the rssurl parameter in a Save action to index.php.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3248?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vtiger Vtiger Crm.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-3248?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3248 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-3248 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-3248 exists.

Public exploit code:

- vTiger CRM 5.0.4 - Remote Code Execution / Cross-Site Request Forgery / Local File Inclusion / Cross-Site Scripting (exploitdb)

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-3248 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-3248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vtiger Vtiger Crm, published on 18 Sep 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-2009-3248 exists.

Affected product: Vtiger Vtiger Crm. 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-2009-3248/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3248/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3248
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3248
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3248

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3248/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.