CVE-2012-2999 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to add users or reconfigure the FTP service via CSRF attacks.

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-2012-2999?

CVE-2012-2999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Oct 2012. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the web interface in Cerberus FTP Server before 5.0.5.0 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add a user account or (2) reconfigure the state of the FTP service, as demonstrated by a request to usermanager/users/modify.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2999?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cerberusftp Ftp Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2999?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2999 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-2999 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2999 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2jgf-24hh-4g28.

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