CVE-2012-0440 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack user authentication via CSRF in the JSON-RPC API, allowing unauthorized actions on behalf of victims.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2012-0440?

CVE-2012-0440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 2 Feb 2012. 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 jsonrpc.cgi in Bugzilla 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.8, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.4, and 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2rc2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that use the JSON-RPC API.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0440?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Bugzilla.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0440?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0440 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-0440 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0440 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Bugzilla vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8gpf-9xrv-wwpx.

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