High severity · published Sep 7, 2017
CVE-2017-11567
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mongoose Web Server before 6.9 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that modify…
8.8
CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mongoose Web Server before 6.9 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that modify Mongoose.conf via a request to __mg_admin?save. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code remotely.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library · Cesanta
through 6.8 · source: NVD
Affected product
ME
Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library
Cesanta
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11567
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11567
Exploit
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MONGOOSE-WEB-SERVER-v6.5-CSRF-COMMAND-EXECUTION.txt
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/3
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42614/
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