CVE-2012-4252 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to execute arbitrary SQL commands, drop databases, or change passwords 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-2012-4252?
CVE-2012-4252 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Aug 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 MySQLDumper 1.24.4 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) remove file access restriction via a deletehtaccess action, (2) drop a database via a kill value in a db action, (3) uninstall the application via a 101 value in the phase parameter to learn/cubemail/install.php, (4) delete config.php via a 2 value in the phase parameter to learn/cubemail/install.php, (5) change a password via a schutz action, or (6) execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sql_statement parameter to learn/cubemail/sql.php.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4252?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mysqldumper Mysqldumper.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4252?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-4252 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-4252 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-63qr-5qh2-mq5w.