CVE-2022-42751 Cross-site request forgery in CandidATS
An attacker can trick an administrator into creating a new admin account via CSRF, leading to privilege escalation in CandidATS.
- 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-2022-42751?
CVE-2022-42751 is a high-severity vulnerability in CandidATS, published on 3 Nov 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
CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to elevate privileges in the application. This is possible because the application suffers from CSRF. This allows to persuade an administrator to create a new account with administrative permissions.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42751?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Auieo Candidats.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42751?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42751 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-42751 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-42751 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in CandidATS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3fq7-mmjq-fv4x.