CVE-2012-6047 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 27 Nov 2012 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to add users to arbitrary groups via CSRF in X7 Chat.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2012-6047?

CVE-2012-6047 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in X7 Chat 2.0.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add a user to an arbitrary group via the users page in an adminpanel action to index.php.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6047?

It affects 1 product.

Products include X7 Group X7 Chat.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6047?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6047 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-6047 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-6047 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6m8c-vqvc-3ggp.