CVE-2014-2579 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to change passwords or trigger database backups, potentially leading to code execution if specific options are enabled.
- 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-2014-2579?
CVE-2014-2579 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Apr 2014. 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 XCloner Standalone 3.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change the administrator password via the config task to index2.php or (2) when the enable_db_backup and sql_mem options are enabled, access the database backup functionality via the dbbackup_comp parameter in the generate action to index2.php. NOTE: vector 2 might be a duplicate of CVE-2014-2340, which is for the XCloner Wordpress plugin. NOTE: remote attackers can leverage CVE-2014-2996 with vector 2 to execute arbitrary commands.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2579?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xcloner Xcloner.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2579?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-2579 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2579 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fp83-g5px-h8vv.