PT-2020-12166 · Chadha · Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

Published 2020-03-12 · Updated 2022-09-02 · CVE-2020-10496

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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

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

Recommendations For Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language version 9, as a temporary workaround, consider implementing CSRF protection measures, such as token-based validation, to prevent unauthorized edits to articles. Restrict access to the "admin/edit-article.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the id parameter in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10496

Affected Products

Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

References · 5

• 🔥 http://antoniocannito.it/?p=343#csrf19 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://antoniocannito.it/phpkb3#cross-site-request-forgery-when-editing-an-article-cve-2020-10496 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10496 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10496 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1556 · Telegram Post