Vulnerability · Published Dec 21, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-7038automad User Creation cross-site request forgery

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in automad. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in automad up to 1.10.9. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /dashboard?controller=UserCollection::createUser of the component User Creation Handler. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-248687. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	automad/automad	2.0.0-alpha.1	GHSA-4j8w-p6hv-3qxc

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	automad	1.10.01.10.11.10.21.10.31.10.41.10.51.10.61.10.7

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.248687 vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.248687 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/screetsec/VDD/tree/main/Automad%20CMS/Cross-Site%20Request%20Forgery%20(CSRF) exploit