CVE-2016-9127 Cross-site request forgery in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3

High 8.8 Published Updated

Attackers can trigger mass password recovery emails via CSRF, causing service disruption and user annoyance in Revive Adserver.

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-2016-9127?

CVE-2016-9127 is a high-severity vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 28 Mar 2017. 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

Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). The password recovery form in Revive Adserver is vulnerable to CSRF attacks. This vulnerability could be exploited to send a large number of password recovery emails to the registered users, especially in conjunction with a bug that caused recovery emails to be sent to all the users at once. Both issues have been fixed.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9127?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9127?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9127 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-9127 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9127 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r9v3-xvf5-w9h9.

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