CVE-2011-0642 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to create new users via CSRF in N-13 News admin panel.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-0642?
CVE-2011-0642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jan 2011. 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 news/admin.php in N-13 News 3.4, 3.7, and 4.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create new users via the options action. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0642?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Network-13 N-13 News.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0642?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-0642 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0642 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3pvf-vxc3-wr36.