CVE-2018-11538 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass CSRF tokens to modify user credentials and roles in SearchBlox, potentially leading to account takeover or privilege escalation.

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-2018-11538?

CVE-2018-11538 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jun 2018. 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

servlet/UserServlet in SearchBlox 8.6.6 has CSRF via the u_name, u_passwd1, u_passwd2, role, and X-XSRF-TOKEN POST parameters because of CSRF Token Bypass.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11538?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Searchblox Searchblox.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11538?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-11538 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rcxq-2g9f-9hpc.

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