CVE-2024-7106
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Spina CMS 2.18.0. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into performing unauthorized actions via the /admin/media_folders endpoint. All Spina CMS 2.18.0 installations with admin interfaces accessible to users are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Spina CMS
📦 What is this software?
Spina by Denkgroot
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker could manipulate media folders, potentially deleting or modifying content, or using the admin session to perform other privileged actions if combined with other vulnerabilities.
Likely Case
Attackers trick administrators into performing unwanted media folder operations (create, delete, modify) while they're logged into the admin panel.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections or admin awareness, the attack fails as requests lack valid tokens or user intervention.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit requires social engineering to trick authenticated admin. Public exploit details available in referenced GitHub repository.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: None provided
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Vendor was contacted but did not respond. Consider upgrading to newer versions if CSRF protections were added.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens
allAdd CSRF protection to the /admin/media_folders endpoint
Implement anti-CSRF tokens in forms and validate them server-side
Restrict Admin Access
allLimit admin interface access to trusted networks only
Configure firewall rules to restrict access to /admin paths
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Educate administrators about CSRF risks and safe browsing practices
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect CSRF patterns
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if Spina CMS version is 2.18.0 and /admin/media_folders endpoint lacks CSRF protectionCheck Version:
Check Spina CMS version in application configuration or admin panelVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that POST requests to /admin/media_folders require and validate CSRF tokens📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual media folder modifications from unexpected IPs or user agents
- POST requests to /admin/media_folders without referrer validation
Network Indicators:
- CSRF attack patterns in web traffic
- Requests with missing or invalid anti-CSRF tokens
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/media_folders" AND method="POST" AND (NOT csrf_token=*)🔗 References
- https://github.com/topsky979/Security-Collections/blob/main/cve3/README.md
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.272431
- https://vuldb.com/?id.272431
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.376769
- https://github.com/topsky979/Security-Collections/blob/main/cve3/README.md
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.272431
- https://vuldb.com/?id.272431
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.376769
