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[SA39016] NinkoBB Cross-Site Request Forgery

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Mar 18 2010 - 19:11:19 CDT


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TITLE:
NinkoBB Cross-Site Request Forgery

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39016

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39016/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in NinkoBB, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forgery
attacks.

The application 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. change the administrative
password or give a user administrative privileges by tricking an
administrative user into visiting a malicious web site.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.2.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not browse untrusted websites or follow untrusted links while
logged in to the application.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ahmadbady

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