CVE-2014-6409 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to change user passwords via CSRF in M/Monit, requiring admin interaction.
- 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-2014-6409?
CVE-2014-6409 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Oct 2014. 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 M/Monit 3.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change user passwords via the fullname and password parameters to /admin/users/update.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6409?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mmonit M\/Monit.
How do I fix CVE-2014-6409?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6409 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-6409 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6409 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-8j2v-g6c3-rfrm.