CVE-2023-25569 apollo-portal has potential CSRF issue

Medium 5.7 Published Updated

A low-privileged user can trick an admin into granting themselves higher privileges via a crafted webpage in Apollo Portal.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-25569?

CVE-2023-25569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in apolloconfig apollo, published on 20 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Apollo is a configuration management system. Prior to version 2.1.0, a low-privileged user can create a special web page. If an authenticated portal admin visits this page, the page can silently send a request to assign new roles for that user without any confirmation from the Portal admin. Cookie SameSite strategy was set to Lax in version 2.1.0. As a workaround, avoid visiting unknown source pages.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25569?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.ctrip.framework.apollo:apollo. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.ctrip.framework.apollo:apollo MavenAll versions2.1.0
com.ctrip.framework.apollo:apollo MavenAll versions2.1.0

Products include Apolloconfig Apollo.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25569?

Upgrade com.ctrip.framework.apollo:apollo to 2.1.0 or later.

Is CVE-2023-25569 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25569 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fmxq-v8mg-qh25.

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