CVE-2012-0453

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in xmlrpc.cgi in Bugzilla 4.0.2 through 4.0.4 and 4.1.1 through 4.2rc2, when mod_perl is used, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify the product's installation via the XML-RPC API.

Category

5.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.13%
Vendor Advisory bugzilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725663 patch
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/4.0.4/ patch vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026737 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0453?
CVE-2012-0453 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0453?
To fix CVE-2012-0453, 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-2012-0453 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-0453 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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