# CVE-2008-7214: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrator/index2.php in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-09-11 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrator/index2.php in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add new administrator accounts via the save task in a com_users action, as demonstrated using a separate XSS vulnerability in mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php.

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0325
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39985
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-02/0444.html
- http://osvdb.org/42531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28670
- http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=10158
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487128/100/200/threaded
- http://www.bugreport.ir/index_33.htm

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