# CVE-2015-2680: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MetalGenix GeniXCMS before 0.0.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2015-03-23 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MetalGenix GeniXCMS before 0.0.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add an administrator account via a request in the users page to gxadmin/index.php.

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## References

- http://blog.metalgenix.com/update-security-fix-and-add-newsletter-module/16
- https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/7
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/119391
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73299
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36321
- https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/commit/698245488343396185b1b49e7482ee5b25541815
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130772/GeniXCMS-0.0.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- http://blog.metalgenix.com/genixcms-v0-0-2-release-security-and-bug-fixes/17
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2015-5234.php
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36321

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