CVE-2007-1520

Public Exploit

Description

The cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection in PHP-Nuke 8.0 and earlier does not ensure the SERVER superglobal is an array before validating the HTTP_REFERER, which allows remote attackers to conduct CSRF attacks.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.47%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://osvdb.org/34501 vdb entry
http://phpfi.com/214668 url repurposed exploit
http://www.wisec.it/ush/phpnukexss.html exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462727/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.ush.it/2007/03/09/php-nuke-wild-post-xss/ exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/24629 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462308/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462575/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1520?
CVE-2007-1520 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1520?
To fix CVE-2007-1520, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1520 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-1520 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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