CVE-2012-1901 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack user or admin sessions to modify account settings or add pages via CSRF in FlexCMS.

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-2012-1901?

CVE-2012-1901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Sep 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

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in FlexCMS 3.2.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) hijack the authentication of users for requests that change account settings via a request to index.php/profile-edit-save or (2) hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add a new page via a request to admin/pages-new-save.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1901?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Flexcms Flexcms.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1901?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1901 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-1901 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-1901 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h9m9-pmjm-hmp3.

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