# CVE-2010-5087: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass CSRF protection to hijack administrator sessions in SilverStripe CMS via crafted form requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2012
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qvwf-p4xg-3rgw

## What is CVE-2010-5087?

CVE-2010-5087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silverstripe Silverstripe, published on 26 Aug 2012. 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

SilverStripe 2.3.x before 2.3.10 and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism and hijack the authentication of administrators via vectors related to "form action requests" using a controller.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5087?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Silverstripe Silverstripe.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-5087?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-5087 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-5087 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5087 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Silverstripe Silverstripe

- [CVE-2007-2321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2321/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2019-12204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12204/): Missing warning can lead to unauthenticated admin access in SilverStripe (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5715/): Silverstripe Framework SQLi Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-12437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12437/): Silverstripe CSRF Protection Bypass via GraphQL (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-6164](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6164/): Silverstripe CMS information disclosure (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-5087 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-5087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silverstripe Silverstripe, published on 26 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5087 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Silverstripe Silverstripe. 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-2010-5087/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5087/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-5087
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5087
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-5087

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5087/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.