# CVE-2017-8874: Mautic Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

> Remote attackers can trick authenticated users into deleting email campaigns or contacts via CSRF in Mautic.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7vvh-xqq4-w777

## What is CVE-2017-8874?

CVE-2017-8874 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 May 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

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Mautic 1.4.1 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that (1) delete email campaigns or (2) delete contacts.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8874?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including mautic/core. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mautic/core` | Packagist | All versions | None |
| `mautic/core` | Packagist | All versions | None |

Products: Acquia Mautic.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-8874?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8874 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-8874 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-25772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25772/): Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Mautic's tracking pixel functionality (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-35125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35125/): Mautic is vulnerable to XSS vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-35124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35124/): XSS vulnerability leveraged through referrers could allow un-authorized admin access in Mautic (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-47051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47051/): Remote Code Execution & File Deletion in Asset Uploads (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-35128](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35128/): Mautic stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-8874 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-8874 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- mautic/core (Packagist): affected all versions; no fix listed
- mautic/core (Packagist): affected all versions; no fix listed

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-2017-8874/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8874/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8874
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8874
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8874

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8874/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.