# CVE-2014-1915: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to change passwords or add content via CSRF, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 7 Feb 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hmx8-r748-3crv

## What is CVE-2014-1915?

CVE-2014-1915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Feb 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

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Command School Student Management System 1.06.01 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of (1) administrators for requests that change the administrator password via an update action to sw/admin_change_password.php or (2) unspecified victims for requests that add a topic or blog entry to sw/add_topic.php.  NOTE: vector 2 can be leveraged to bypass the authentication requirements for exploiting vector 1 in CVE-2014-1914.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1915?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Doug Poulin Command School Student Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-1915?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1915 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-1915 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-1915 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Command School Student Management System - '/sw/Admin_change_Password.php' Cross-Site Request Forgery (Admin Password Manipulation) (exploitdb)
- Command School Student Management System - '/sw/add_topic.php' Cross-Site Request Forgery (Topic Creation) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-1636](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1636/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2014-1637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1637/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2014-1914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1914/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-1915 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-1915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Feb 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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-2014-1915 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2014-1915/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1915/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1915
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1915
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1915

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