CVE-2022-30014
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2022-30014 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Lumidek Associates Simple Food Website 1.0 that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions as authenticated users, including admin account takeover. This affects all users of Simple Food Website 1.0, particularly administrators and moderators. Attackers can exploit this by tricking authenticated users into visiting malicious web pages.
💻 Affected Systems
- Lumidek Associates Simple Food Website
📦 What is this software?
Simple Food Website by Simple Food Website Project
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete compromise of admin accounts leading to full website control, data theft, defacement, or malware distribution to visitors.
Likely Case
Unauthorized administrative actions such as user creation/deletion, content modification, or configuration changes without the admin's knowledge.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper CSRF protections, though some risk remains if other vulnerabilities exist.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires the victim to be authenticated and visit a malicious page. Proof-of-concept code is available in public repositories.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: http://lumidek.com
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider implementing CSRF tokens, upgrading to a secure version if available, or using workarounds.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection
allAdd CSRF tokens to all state-changing forms and validate them server-side.
Edit PHP files to include CSRF token generation and validation. Example: Add <?php $_SESSION['csrf_token'] = bin2hex(random_bytes(32)); ?> to forms and validate on submission.
Use SameSite Cookies
allSet session cookies with SameSite=Strict attribute to prevent cross-site requests.
In PHP configuration or code: session_set_cookie_params(['samesite' => 'Strict']);
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block CSRF attempts.
- Restrict admin access to trusted networks only and enforce strong authentication like multi-factor authentication (MFA).
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Review website source code for forms without CSRF tokens. Test by creating a malicious HTML page that submits a form to the website and checking if it executes without user interaction.Check Version:
Check the website footer or admin panel for version information, or review installation files for version markers.Verify Fix Applied:
After implementing CSRF tokens, test with the same malicious page; requests should be rejected with an error.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple failed form submissions from same IP with missing CSRF tokens
- Unusual admin actions from unexpected user agents or IPs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to admin endpoints without Referer headers matching the site domain
- Requests with missing or invalid CSRF token parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri_path="/admin/*" OR uri_path="/moderate/*") AND (csrftoken="" OR csrftoken=null) AND status=200