CVE-2023-40172
A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack is a type of malicious attack whereby an attacker tricks a victim into performing an action on a website that they do not intend to do.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack is a type of malicious attack whereby an attacker tricks a victim into performing an action on a website that they do not intend to do. This can be done by sending the victim a malicious link or by exploiting a vulnerability in the website. Prior to version 1.0.5 Social media skeleton did not properly restrict CSRF attacks. This has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- fobybus/social-media-skeleton
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/fobybus/social-media-skeleton/commit/344d798e82d6cc39844962c6d3cb2560f5907848Patch
- https://github.com/fobybus/social-media-skeleton/security/advisories/GHSA-873h-pqjx-3pwgProduct
- https://github.com/fobybus/social-media-skeleton/commit/344d798e82d6cc39844962c6d3cb2560f5907848Patch
- https://github.com/fobybus/social-media-skeleton/security/advisories/GHSA-873h-pqjx-3pwgProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.