# CVE-2017-5473: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ntopng through 2.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary user

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2017-01-14 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ntopng through 2.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users, as demonstrated by admin/add_user.lua, admin/change_user_prefs.lua, admin/delete_user.lua, and admin/password_reset.lua.

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## References

- https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/f91fbe3d94c8346884271838ae3406ae633f6f15
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41141/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95654
- https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/1b2ceac8f578a246af6351c4f476e3102cdf21b3
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41141

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