PT-2020-12164 · Chadha · Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

Published 2020-03-12 · Updated 2022-09-02 · CVE-2020-10494

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language version 9

Description The issue allows attackers to edit a news article, given the id, via a crafted request to the "admin/edit-news.php" endpoint. This is made possible by a CSRF weakness in the software.

Recommendations For Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language version 9, consider implementing proper CSRF protection mechanisms to prevent unauthorized edits to news articles. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the "admin/edit-news.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10494

Affected Products

Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

References · 5

• 🔥 http://antoniocannito.it/?p=343#csrf17 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://antoniocannito.it/phpkb3#cross-site-request-forgery-when-editing-a-news-article-cve-2020-10494 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10494 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10494 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1554 · Telegram Post