CVE-2017-11567

Mongoose Web Server 6.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery / Remote Code Execution

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad de Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) en Mongoose Web Server en versiones anteriores a la 6.9 permite que atacantes remotos secuestren la autenticación de usuarios para peticiones que modifiquen Mongoose.conf mediante una petición a __mg_admin?save. NOTA: este problema se puede aprovechar para ejecutar código arbitrario remotamente.

Mongoose Web Server version 6.5 suffers from cross site request forgery and remote command execution vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-07-23 CVE Reserved
2017-09-05 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2024-08-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42614	2024-08-05
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MONGOOSE-WEB-SERVER-v6.5-CSRF-COMMAND-EXECUTION.txt	2024-08-05
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/3	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cesanta Search vendor "Cesanta"		Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library Search vendor "Cesanta" for product "Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library"				<= 6.8 Search vendor "Cesanta" for product "Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library" and version " <= 6.8"		-		Affected