CVE-2014-1517 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can trick authenticated users into logging into attacker accounts, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive vulnerability reports.
- 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
- Available
What is CVE-2014-1517?
CVE-2014-1517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 20 Apr 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The login form in Bugzilla 2.x, 3.x, 4.x before 4.4.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.3 does not properly handle a correctly authenticated but unintended login attempt, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by arranging for a victim to login to the attacker's account and then submit a vulnerability report, related to a "login CSRF" issue.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1517?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Bugzilla.
How do I fix CVE-2014-1517?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-1517 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1517 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h84p-rcw9-4mc8, MGASA-2014-0200.