CVE-2014-9438 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to ban users or modify content via CSRF in the Moderator Control Panel.
- 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-2014-9438?
CVE-2014-9438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vbulletin Vbulletin, published on 2 Jan 2015. 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 the Moderator Control Panel in vBulletin 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) ban a user via the username parameter in a dobanuser action to modcp/banning.php or (2) unban a user, (3) modify user profiles, edit a (4) post or (5) topic, or approve a (6) post or (7) topic via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9438?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vbulletin Vbulletin.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9438?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9438 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9438 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9438 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-vr3j-7c2h-gxfc.