medium
6.8
CWE
352
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2011-1482: CSRF

First published: Tue Jun 21 2011(Updated: )

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in mainfile.php in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add user accounts or (2) grant the administrative privilege to a user account, related to a Referer check that uses a substring comparison.

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Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
PHP-Nuke=5.6
PHP-Nuke=7.3
PHP-Nuke=7.4
PHP-Nuke=7.1
PHP-Nuke=5.0.1
PHP-Nuke=5.5
PHP-Nuke=7.9
PHP-Nuke=5.3
PHP-Nuke=6.9
PHP-Nuke=5.3.1
PHP-Nuke=5.0
PHP-Nuke=6.8
PHP-Nuke=6.6
PHP-Nuke=7.5
PHP-Nuke=7.2
PHP-Nuke=7.7
PHP-Nuke<=8.0
PHP-Nuke=5.2
PHP-Nuke=7.8
PHP-Nuke=6.0
PHP-Nuke=6.7
PHP-Nuke=7.0
PHP-Nuke=6.5
PHP-Nuke=5.1
PHP-Nuke=7.6
PHP-Nuke=5.4

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2011-1482?

    CVE-2011-1482 has a medium severity rating due to its potential for CSRF attacks on administrator functionalities.

  • How do I fix CVE-2011-1482?

    To fix CVE-2011-1482, it's recommended to upgrade to a version of PHP-Nuke that is later than 8.0 which resolves the CSRF vulnerabilities.

  • What versions of PHP-Nuke are affected by CVE-2011-1482?

    CVE-2011-1482 affects all versions of PHP-Nuke up to and including 8.0.

  • What type of attacks can CVE-2011-1482 enable?

    CVE-2011-1482 enables remote attackers to perform CSRF attacks which can hijack the authentication of administrators.

  • Can I mitigate CVE-2011-1482 without upgrading PHP-Nuke?

    Mitigation of CVE-2011-1482 without upgrading can be challenging; implementing CSRF tokens in requests can be a temporary workaround.

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