# CVE-2012-6433: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions via CSRF to inject XSS payloads, requiring admin interaction to execute.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jan 2013
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r935-8665-7chc

## What is CVE-2012-6433?

CVE-2012-6433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in E107 E107, published on 3 Jan 2013. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in e107_admin/newspost.php in e107 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct XSS attacks via the news_title parameter in a create action.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6433?

It affects 1 product.


Products: E107 E107.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-6433?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-6433 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-6433 exists.

Public exploit code:

- e107 1.0.1 - Arbitrary JavaScript Execution (via Cross-Site Request Forgery) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in E107 E107

- [CVE-2021-27885](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27885/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-10753](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10753/): Deserialization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-15901](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15901/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-50916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50916/): e107 CMS v3.2.1 - Upload restriction bypass (Authenticated [Admin])+ Server file override (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2022-50907](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50907/): e107 CMS v3.2.1 - Admin Upload Restriction Bypass + RCE (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-6433 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-6433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in E107 E107, published on 3 Jan 2013. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-6433 exists.

Affected product: E107 E107. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6433/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6433/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6433
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6433
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6433

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