CVE-2015-5530 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to create new admin accounts via CSRF in the Free Reprintables ArticleFR plugin.

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-2015-5530?

CVE-2015-5530 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jul 2015. 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 Free Reprintables ArticleFR 3.0.6 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add an administrator account via a request to dashboard/users/create/.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5530?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freereprintables Articlefr.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5530?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5530 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-5530 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5530 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5pxj-qr99-j4r2.

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