CVE-2021-45886 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

Attackers can use low-privilege CSRF tokens to perform actions as high-privileged users in PONTON X/P Messenger.

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-2021-45886?

CVE-2021-45886 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Mar 2022. 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

An issue was discovered in PONTON X/P Messenger before 3.11.2. Anti-CSRF tokens are globally valid, making the web application vulnerable to a weakened version of CSRF, where an arbitrary token of a low-privileged user (such as operator) can be used to confirm actions of higher-privileged ones (such as xpadmin).

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45886?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ponton X\/P Messenger.

How do I fix CVE-2021-45886?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-45886 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-45886 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45886 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xgh6-mwxq-8jp5.

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