#VU20433 Cross-site request forgery in Django CRM - CVE-2019-11457

Vulnerability identifier: #VU20433

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11457

CWE-ID: CWE-352

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Django CRM
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor: Django Software Foundation

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, such as creating new documents, opportunities, cases, comments, and change user's password (in case exploited against administrator).

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

Vulnerable software versions

Django CRM: 0.1 - 0.4.0

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External links
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/30
https://www.netsparker.com/blog/web-security/

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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.