CVE-2018-14420 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Cross-site request forgery allows attackers to add admin accounts in MetInfo CMS, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover.
- 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-2018-14420?
CVE-2018-14420 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metinfo Metinfo, published on 19 Jul 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
MetInfo 6.0.0 allows a CSRF attack to add a user account via a doaddsave action to admin/index.php, as demonstrated by an admin/index.php?anyid=47&n=admin&c=admin_admin&a=doaddsave URI.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14420?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Metinfo Metinfo.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14420?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-14420 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14420 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Metinfo Metinfo
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vp2-qjg7-g6wj.