Blogn unspecified cross-site request forgery

blogn-unspecified-csrf (44769) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Blogn is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.

Platforms Affected:

  • R-ONE Computer, Blogn 1.9.7

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Blogn (1.9.8 or later), available from the Blogn Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • Blogn Advisory, August 29, 2008, Blogn (BURO GUN) and CSS vulnerability CSRF vulnerability has been identified. author : Staff(S) at http://www.blogn.org/index.php?e=172.
  • Blogn Web site, BlognPlus at http://www.blogn.org/.
  • JVN#84125369, Blogn vulnerable to cross-site request forgery at http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN84125369/index.html.
  • CVE-2008-3885: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Blogn (BURO GUN) 1.9.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to make content modifications as arbitrary users via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
  • SA31662: Blogn Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery

Reported:

Aug 29, 2008

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