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A user can reset its data unintentionally

Moderate
nicosomb published GHSA-p8gp-899c-jvq9 Aug 21, 2023

Package

composer wallabag/wallabag (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 2.0.0-alpha.1, <=2.6.2

Patched versions

2.6.3

Description

Description

wallabag was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) which allows attackers to arbitrarily reset annotations, entries and tags, by the GET request to /reset/annotations, /reset/entries, /reset/tags, /reset/archived.

This vulnerability has a CVSSv3.1 score of 4.3.

You should immediately patch your instance to version 2.6.3 or higher if you have more than one user and/or having open registration.

Resolution

These actions are now doable only via POST method, which ensures that we can't do them via a 3rd-party website.

Credits

We would like to thank @zpbrent for reporting this issue through huntr.dev.

Reference: https://huntr.dev/bounties/4ee0ef74-e4d4-46e7-a05c-076bce522299/

Severity

Moderate
4.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-4454

Weaknesses

No CWEs