# CVE-2015-7984: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions via CSRF to execute arbitrary commands, SQL queries, or PHP code in Horde Groupware.

- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Nov 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7984, DSA-3391-1, GHSA-jcj5-4c5g-3958

## What is CVE-2015-7984?

CVE-2015-7984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Nov 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 Horde before 5.2.8, Horde Groupware before 5.2.11, and Horde Groupware Webmail Edition before 5.2.11 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that execute arbitrary (1) commands via the cmd parameter to admin/cmdshell.php, (2) SQL queries via the sql parameter to admin/sqlshell.php, or (3) PHP code via the php parameter to admin/phpshell.php.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7984?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Horde Groupware, Horde Horde Application Framework.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-7984?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-7984 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Horde Groupware 5.2.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (exploitdb)

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-7984 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-7984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Nov 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-2015-7984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-2015-7984/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7984/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7984
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7984
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-7984

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