CVE-2015-6973

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change a password via a crafted request to user-password.jsp, (2) add users via a crafted request to user-create.jsp, (3) edit server settings or (4) disable SSL on the server via a crafted request to server-props.jsp, or (5) add clients via a crafted request to plugins/clientcontrol/permitted-clients.jsp.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.04% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536470/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-50 vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133554/Openfire-3.10.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AS-OPENFIRE-CSRF.txt
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38192/ exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-6973?
CVE-2015-6973 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-6973?
To fix CVE-2015-6973, 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-2015-6973 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-6973 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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