CVE-2017-14925

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability via IMG element in Tiki before 16.3, 17.x before 17.1, 12 LTS before 12.12 LTS, and 15 LTS before 15.5 LTS allows an authenticated user to edit global permissions if an administrator opens a wiki page with an IMG element, related to tiki-objectpermissions.php. For example, an attacker could assign administrator privileges to every unauthenticated user of the site.

Category

8.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.17%
Vendor Advisory tiki.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/28/13 third party advisory mailing list
https://tiki.org/article449-Security-and-bug-fix-updates-Tiki-17-1-Tiki-16-3-15-5-and-Tiki-12-12-released patch vendor advisory release notes
https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/63872 third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-14925?
CVE-2017-14925 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-14925?
To fix CVE-2017-14925, 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-2017-14925 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-14925 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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