# CVE-2010-3883: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack user sessions to modify group permissions in CMS Made Simple via CSRF.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2010
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g6xf-3xf8-xjg5

## What is CVE-2010-3883?

CVE-2010-3883 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, published on 8 Oct 2010. 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 the Change Group Permissions module in CMS Made Simple 1.7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that make permission modifications.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3883?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-3883?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3883 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-3883 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3883 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple

- [CVE-2010-4663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4663/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-1527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1527/): Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in CMS Made Simple (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-10081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10081/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-10085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10085/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1000453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000453/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3883 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-3883 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, published on 8 Oct 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3883 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple. 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-2010-3883/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3883/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3883
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3883
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3883

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3883/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.