CVE-2024-39022

8.8 HIGH

📋 TL;DR

CVE-2024-39022 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in idccms v1.35 that allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unauthorized actions via the /admin/infoSys_deal.php endpoint. This affects all deployments of idccms v1.35 where the admin interface is accessible.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • idccms
Versions: v1.35
Operating Systems: All
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Requires admin interface to be accessible and an authenticated admin session.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Complete compromise of the CMS installation including data manipulation, configuration changes, or privilege escalation leading to full system control.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized configuration changes, data modification, or content manipulation by tricking an authenticated admin into clicking a malicious link.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper CSRF protections, admin awareness training, and network segmentation in place.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ⚠️ Yes
Weaponized: LIKELY
Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No
Complexity: LOW

Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated admin into clicking malicious link.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Unknown

Vendor Advisory: Not available

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

No official patch available. Consider upgrading to a newer version if available or implementing CSRF protection manually.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Implement CSRF Tokens

all

Add CSRF token validation to /admin/infoSys_deal.php endpoint

Manual code modification required - add token generation and validation

Restrict Admin Access

linux

Limit admin interface access to trusted IP addresses only

# Apache: Require ip 192.168.1.0/24
# Nginx: allow 192.168.1.0/24; deny all;

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement network segmentation to restrict admin interface access
  • Use browser extensions that block CSRF attempts and train admins on security awareness

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check if running idccms v1.35 and examine /admin/infoSys_deal.php for CSRF token validation

Check Version:

Check CMS configuration files or admin panel for version information

Verify Fix Applied:

Test the endpoint with and without CSRF tokens to ensure proper validation

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Multiple POST requests to /admin/infoSys_deal.php from different referrers
  • Admin actions without corresponding login events

Network Indicators:

  • Unusual referrer headers in admin requests
  • External domains making requests to admin endpoints

SIEM Query:

source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/infoSys_deal.php" AND referrer NOT CONTAINS "yourdomain.com"

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