CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-36256

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

25th percentile - higher than 25% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Online Examination System Project version 1.0 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious link that, when clicked by an admin user, will delete a user account from the database without the admin's consent.

Risk Assessment

This could result in data loss and unauthorized deletion of user accounts, jeopardizing the integrity of the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to implement CSRF protection mechanisms, such as CSRF tokens, and to train administrators on security best practices.

Original NVD description (English source)

The Online Examination System Project 1.0 version is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious link that, when clicked by an admin user, will delete a user account from the database without the admin's consent. The email of the user to be deleted is passed as a parameter in the URL, which can be manipulated by the attacker. This could result in a loss of data.

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