PT-2017-16517 · Ntop · Ntopng

Hyp3Rlinx + 1 · Published 2017-01-14 · Updated 2017-09-02 · CVE-2017-5473

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ntopng versions prior to 2.4

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users. This is demonstrated by exploitation of the following API endpoints: "admin/add user.lua", "admin/change user prefs.lua", "admin/delete user.lua", and "admin/password reset.lua".

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4, update to version 2.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the affected API endpoints until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-5473

Affected Products

Ntopng

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41141 · Exploit
• https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/1b2ceac8f578a246af6351c4f476e3102cdf21b3 · Patch
• https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/f91fbe3d94c8346884271838ae3406ae633f6f15 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5473 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5473 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5473 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95654 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5473 · Note