CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-26173

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.67%

48th percentile - higher than 48% of all known CVEs

Summary

JForum v2.8.0 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via http://target_host:port/jforum-2.8.0/jforum.page, which allows attackers to arbitrarily add admin accounts.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit CSRF to create an admin account without authorization, leading to full compromise of the forum and potential user data leakage.

Recommendation

Immediately update JForum to the latest patched version and implement CSRF protection mechanisms such as anti-CSRF tokens.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

JForum v2.8.0 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via http://target_host:port/jforum-2.8.0/jforum.page, which allows attackers to arbitrarily add admin accounts.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS