CandidATS 3.0.0 - CSRF to Privilege Escalation
8.8
High
Discovered by
Offensive Team, Fluid Attacks
Summary
Full name
CandidATS 3.0.0 - CSRF to Privilege Escalation
Code name
State
Public
Release date
Oct 27, 2022
Affected product
CandidATS
Affected version(s)
Version 3.0.0
Vulnerability name
Cross-site request forgery
Vulnerability type
Remotely exploitable
Yes
CVSS v3.1 vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1 base score
8.8
Exploit available
Yes
CVE ID(s)
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. Disclosure policy
System Information
Version: CandidATS 3.0.0
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Mitigation
There is currently no patch available for this vulnerability.
References
Vendor page https://candidats.net/
Timeline
Vulnerability discovered
Oct 7, 2022
Vendor contacted
Oct 7, 2022
Vendor replied
Oct 7, 2022
Public disclosure
Oct 27, 2022
