CVE-2008-7214

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrator/index2.php in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add new administrator accounts via the save task in a com_users action, as demonstrated using a separate XSS vulnerability in mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.30%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0325 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39985 vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-02/0444.html mailing list
http://osvdb.org/42531 vdb entry exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/28670 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=10158
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487128/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://www.bugreport.ir/index_33.htm exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-7214?
CVE-2008-7214 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-7214?
To fix CVE-2008-7214, 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-2008-7214 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-7214 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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