Overview
CacheGuard OS v5.7.7 does not sufficiently verify whether a valid request was intentionally provided by the user, which results in a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.
Description
CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CacheGuard OS v5.7.7 does not sufficiently verify whether a valid request was intentionally provided by the user. The cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability lies in /gui/password-wadmin.apl |
Impact
A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to trick an authenticated user into clicking a specially crafted link, resulting in settings modification or privilege escalation. |
Solution
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Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | 6 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Temporal | 4.7 | E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| Environmental | 3.5 | CDP:N/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to William Costa for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Chris King.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2014-4865 |
| Date Public: | 2014-09-10 |
| Date First Published: | 2014-09-10 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2014-09-10 15:31 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 8 |