CVE-2009-1434

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Foswiki before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify pages, change permissions, or change group memberships, as demonstrated by a URL for a (1) save or (2) view script in the SRC attribute of an IMG element, a related issue to CVE-2009-1339.

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50256	vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/54148	vdb entry
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=49F61C4E.2040806%40lavrsen.dk&forum_name=foswiki-announce	patch mailing list
http://foswiki.org/Support/SecurityAlert-CVE-2009-1434	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34863	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1434

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1434?: CVE-2009-1434 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1434?: To fix CVE-2009-1434, 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-2009-1434 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-1434 is being actively exploited. 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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Description

Category

CWE-352 – Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

Frequently Asked Questions