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Secunia Research 19/12/2011
- Wuzly Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software...................................................1
Severity............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software....................................3
Description of Vulnerability........................................4
Solution............................................................5
Time Table..........................................................6
Credits.............................................................7
References..........................................................8
About Secunia.......................................................9
Verification.......................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Wuzly version 2.0.
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Less critical
Impact: Cross-Site Scripting
Where: From remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Wuzly is a free, reliable blogging platform that allows you to create
a blog in minutes."
Product Link:
http://www.wuzly.com/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Wuzly, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forgery
attacks.
The application's web interface allows users to perform certain
actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to
verify the requests. This can be exploited to e.g. add an
administrator and conduct script insertion and SQL injection attacks
by tricking a logged in administrator into visiting a malicious web
site.
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5) Solution
A fix is not currently available.
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6) Time Table
28/11/2011 - Requested security contact.
07/12/2011 - Requested security contact (second attempt).
19/12/2011 - Public Disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Morten Bartvig, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2011-3836 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-85/
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