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TITLE:
Pixie CMS Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40591

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-17

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DESCRIPTION:
High-Tech Bridge SA has discovered a vulnerability in Pixie CMS,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site
request forgery attacks.

The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP
requests without performing any validity checks to verify the
requests. This can be exploited to e.g. create a new administrative
user or assign a user administrative privileges by tricking a logged
in administrator into visiting a malicious web site.

NOTE: This can further be exploited to conduct script insertion
attacks.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.04. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not browse untrusted websites or follow untrusted links while
logged in to the application.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
High-Tech Bridge SA

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Pixie CMS:
http://www.getpixie.co.uk/blog/permalink/pixie-vulnerabilies-discovered/

High-Tech Bridge SA:
http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_pixie.html
http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/stored_xss_vulnerability_in_pixie.html
http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xsrf_csrf_in_pixie.html
http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xsrf_csrf_in_pixie_1.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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