CVE-2022-42751 (GCVE-0-2022-42751)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-05 13:11
VLAI?
Summary
CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to elevate privileges in the application. This is possible because the application suffers from CSRF. This allows to persuade an administrator to create a new account with administrative permissions.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a CandidATS Affected: 3.0.0
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