CVE-2014-5100 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to create super users, inject XSS, or disable security settings via CSRF attacks.

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-2014-5100?

CVE-2014-5100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jul 2014. 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

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Omeka before 2.2.1 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add a new super user account via a request to admin/users/add, (2) insert cross-site scripting (XSS) sequences via the api_key_label parameter to admin/users/api-keys/1, or (3) disable file validation via a request to admin/settings/edit-security.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5100?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Omeka Omeka.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5100?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-5100 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-5100 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7559-3vv2-j6vq.

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