CVE-2017-14925 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

High 8.0 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can trick an administrator into editing global permissions via a crafted IMG element, potentially granting admin rights to all users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-14925?

CVE-2017-14925 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tiki Tikiwiki Cms\/Groupware, published on 29 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability via IMG element in Tiki before 16.3, 17.x before 17.1, 12 LTS before 12.12 LTS, and 15 LTS before 15.5 LTS allows an authenticated user to edit global permissions if an administrator opens a wiki page with an IMG element, related to tiki-objectpermissions.php. For example, an attacker could assign administrator privileges to every unauthenticated user of the site.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14925?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tiki Tikiwiki Cms\/Groupware.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-14925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Tiki Tikiwiki Cms\/Groupware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6hrv-qqj8-pvx9.

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