CVE-2018-17996 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Cross-site request forgery allows attackers to add or delete users and content in LayerBB forums.
- 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-2018-17996?
CVE-2018-17996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Mar 2019. 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
LayerBB before 1.1.3 allows CSRF for adding a user via admin/new_user.php, deleting a user via admin/members.php/delete_user/, and deleting content via mod/delete.php/.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17996?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Layerbb Layerbb.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17996?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-17996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-17996 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17996 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gv2w-m3wh-vwhw.