CVE-2011-2191 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions via CSRF to inject XSS, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.
- 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-2011-2191?
CVE-2011-2191 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Oct 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 Cherokee-admin in Cherokee before 1.2.99 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert cross-site scripting (XSS) sequences, as demonstrated by a crafted nickname field to vserver/apply.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2191?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cherokee-Project Cherokee.
How do I fix CVE-2011-2191?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-2191 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2191 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mfhm-xfg5-jwjm.