PT-2012-2173 · Public Knowledge · Open Journal Systems

Mr_Me · Published 2012-09-23 · Updated 2016-09-20 · CVE-2011-5196

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems versions 2.3.6 and earlier

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to hijack administrator authentication for requests that upload PHP files, specifically targeting the index/manager/fileUpload endpoint.

Recommendations For Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems versions 2.3.6 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.3.6 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the index/manager/fileUpload endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-5196

Affected Products

Open Journal Systems

References · 6

• 🔥 http://secunia.com/advisories/47330 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://osvdb.org/77995 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/18266 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/18266 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5196 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-5196 · Note