Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the cpass functionality in an admin action in index.php in XCMS allows remote attackers to change arbitrary passwords via certain password_ and rpassword_ parameters, possibly related to timestamp values.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- XCMS 1.1/1.7 - 'Password' Arbitrary PHP Code Execution EDB-30603 · webapps · Sep 22, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 3165 third-party-advisory
- xcms-cpass-security-bypass(36755) vdb-entry
- 25771 vdb-entry
- 20070922 xcms all version arbitrary code execution mailing-list
- 26941 third-party-advisory