Headline
CVE-2022-42751: CandidATS 3.0.0 - CSRF to Privilege Escalation | Advisories | Fluid Attacks
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.
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Summary
Name
CandidATS 3.0.0 - CSRF to Privilege Escalation
Code name
Londra
Product
CandidATS
Affected versions
Version 3.0.0
State
Public
Release date
2022-10-27
Vulnerability
Kind
Cross-site request forgery
Rule
007. Cross-site request forgery
Remote
Yes
CVSSv3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSSv3 Base Score
8.8
Exploit available
Yes
CVE ID(s)
CVE-2022-42751
Description
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.
Vulnerability
The stored XSS present in CandidATS 3.0.0 allows a remote attacker to elevate privileges in the application. To trigger this vulnerability, we will need to persuade an administrator to open a malicious link.
Exploitation
In this attack we will elevate privileges in the application, through a malicious link.
Our security policy
We have reserved the CVE-2022-42751 to refer to these issues from now on.
- https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/policy/
System Information
Version: CandidATS 3.0.0
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Mitigation
There is currently no patch available for this vulnerability.
Credits
The vulnerability was discovered by Carlos Bello from Fluid Attacks’ Offensive Team.
References
Vendor page https://candidats.net/
Timeline
2022-10-07
Vulnerability discovered.
2022-10-07
Vendor contacted.
2022-10-07
Vendor replied acknowledging the report.
2022-10-27
Public Disclosure.