Cross-site request forgery in Cerberus FTP Server

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU43433

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2999

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

FTP Server: 1.0 - 5.0.4.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:cerberus:ftp_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cerberus:ftp_server:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cerberus:ftp_server:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.cerberusftp.com/products/releasenotes.html
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/989684
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55788

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.