#VU36745 Cross-site request forgery in auraCMS - CVE-2018-16338

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36745

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16338

CWE-ID: CWE-352

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
auraCMS
Web applications / CMS

Vendor: auracms.opensource-indonesia.com

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 change the administrator's password via admin.php?mod=users and subsequently add a page or menu, or submit a topic.

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

Vulnerable software versions

auraCMS: 2.3

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External links
https://github.com/auracms/AuraCMS/issues/3

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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.