CVE-2024-42764
📋 TL;DR
Kashipara Bus Ticket Reservation System v1.0 has a CSRF vulnerability in /deleteTicket.php that allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unauthorized ticket deletions. This affects all users of the vulnerable system version who have authenticated access to the ticket management interface.
💻 Affected Systems
- Kashipara Bus Ticket Reservation System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could delete all tickets in the system, causing complete disruption of business operations and financial losses from canceled reservations.
Likely Case
Targeted deletion of specific tickets or batches of tickets, leading to customer complaints, operational disruption, and potential financial liability.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections, no unauthorized actions can be performed even if users visit malicious pages.
🎯 Exploit Status
CSRF attacks are well-understood and easy to implement; requires user to be authenticated and visit malicious page.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://www.kashipara.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Check vendor website for security updates
2. Apply any available patches
3. Implement CSRF tokens if patching not available
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection
allAdd anti-CSRF tokens to all state-changing forms and validate them server-side
SameSite Cookie Attribute
allSet SameSite=Strict or Lax on session cookies to prevent cross-site requests
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block CSRF attempts
- Restrict access to the vulnerable endpoint using network segmentation or authentication requirements
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test if /deleteTicket.php accepts requests without CSRF tokens when user is authenticatedCheck Version:
Check system version in admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that all state-changing endpoints require and validate CSRF tokens📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple DELETE requests to /deleteTicket.php from same session
- Unusual patterns of ticket deletions
Network Indicators:
- Requests to /deleteTicket.php without Referer header or with external Referer
- POST requests from unexpected origins
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/deleteTicket.php" AND (referer="" OR NOT referer CONTAINS "yourdomain.com")