CVE-2015-6966 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 16 Sep 2015 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to create posts or inject scripts via CSRF in Nibbleblog.

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-2015-6966?

CVE-2015-6966 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 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 Nibbleblog before 4.0.5 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) create a post via a new_simple action to admin.php or (2) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the content parameter in a new_simple action to admin.php.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6966?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nibbleblog Nibbleblog.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6966?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6966 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-6966 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-23c4-2wcp-ccr7.