# CVE-2015-1559: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to modify modules, users, themes, and settings via CSRF in eFront Open Source Edition.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Feb 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-crv6-7mf9-4r5c

## What is CVE-2015-1559?

CVE-2015-1559 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Feb 2015. 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 administrator.php in Epignosis eFront Open Source Edition before 3.6.15.3 build 18022 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) delete modules via the delete_module parameter, (2) deactivate modules via the deactivate_module parameter, (3) activate modules via the activate_module parameter, (4) delete users via the delete_user parameter, (5) deactivate users via the deactivate_user parameter, (6) activate users via the activate_user parameter, (7) activate themes via the set_theme parameter, (8) deactivate themes via the set_theme parameter, (9) delete themes via the delete parameter, (10) deactivate events (user registration or email activation) via the deactivate_notification parameter, (11) activate events via the activate_notification parameter, (12) delete events via the delete_notification parameter, (13) deactivate language settings via the deactivate_language parameter, (14) activate language settings via the activate_language parameter, (15) delete language settings via the delete_language parameter, or (16) activate or deactivate the autologin feature for a user via a crafted maintenance request.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1559?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Epignosis Efront.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1559?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1559 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-1559 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1559 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1559 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1559 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Feb 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1559 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2015-1559/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1559/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1559
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1559
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1559

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