FKIE_CVE-2017-11567

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-09-07 13:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:02
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MONGOOSE-WEB-SERVER-v6.5-CSRF-COMMAND-EXECUTION.txtExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42614/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MONGOOSE-WEB-SERVER-v6.5-CSRF-COMMAND-EXECUTION.txtExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42614/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cesanta mongoose_embedded_web_server_library *
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