CVE-2017-11567

moderate-risk

Published 2017-09-07

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mongoose Web Server before 6.9 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that modify Mongoose.conf via a request to __mg_admin?save. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code remotely.

Do I need to act?

0.36% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

1 public exploit available

42614

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library

Affected Vendors

Cesanta

References (6)

Exploit http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MONGOOSE-WEB-SERVER-v6.5-CSRF-COMMAND...

Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/3

Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42614/

Exploit http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MONGOOSE-WEB-SERVER-v6.5-CSRF-COMMAND...

Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/3

Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42614/

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moderate-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal