CVE-2014-6046: phpmyfaq Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-6046 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpmyfaq. EPSS estimates a 1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 28-08-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in phpMyFAQ before 2.8.13 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified users for requests that (1) delete active users by leveraging improper validation of CSRF tokens or that (2) delete open questions, (3) activate users, (4) publish FAQs, (5) add or delete Glossary, (6) add or delete FAQ news, or (7) add or delete comments or add votes by leveraging lack of a CSRF token.

• CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.