CVE-2011-2191

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cherokee-admin in Cherokee before 1.2.99 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert cross-site scripting (XSS) sequences, as demonstrated by a crafted nickname field to vserver/apply.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.51%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49772 vdb entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Jun/0 mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/22 exploit mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066222.html vendor advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/784632 exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/02/2 mailing list
http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/LATEST_is_1.2.99/cherokee-1.2.99.tar.gz patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713304 patch exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/6 exploit mailing list
http://osvdb.org/72693 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2191?
CVE-2011-2191 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2191?
To fix CVE-2011-2191, 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-2011-2191 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-2191 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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