CVE-2025-11029
📋 TL;DR
This is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in givanz Vvveb CMS versions up to 1.0.7.2. Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions on the CMS without their knowledge. Anyone running vulnerable versions of Vvveb CMS is affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- givanz Vvveb CMS
📦 What is this software?
Vvveb by Vvveb
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker could perform administrative actions like creating new admin accounts, modifying content, or changing system settings by tricking an authenticated administrator into clicking a malicious link.
Likely Case
Attackers modify website content, create unauthorized user accounts, or change configuration settings through CSRF attacks targeting authenticated users.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections, the vulnerability would be blocked and no unauthorized actions could be performed.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available in GitHub gists. Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated users.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 1.0.7.2
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/givanz/Vvveb
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Update to the latest version of Vvveb CMS from the official GitHub repository. 2. Replace all existing files with the updated version. 3. Verify the update was successful.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens
allAdd CSRF tokens to all forms and validate them on the server side.
SameSite Cookie Attribute
allSet SameSite=Strict or SameSite=Lax attributes on session cookies.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with CSRF protection rules
- Require re-authentication for sensitive administrative actions
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if running Vvveb CMS version 1.0.7.2 or earlier. Review code for missing CSRF token validation in forms.Check Version:
Check Vvveb CMS version in admin panel or review version.php fileVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is newer than 1.0.7.2. Test forms to confirm CSRF tokens are present and validated.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple failed form submissions from same IP
- Unexpected administrative actions from user accounts
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests without referrer headers or CSRF tokens
- Requests from unexpected origins to admin endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri_path="/admin/*" OR uri_path="/user/*") AND http_method="POST" AND (NOT csrf_token=* OR referrer="")🔗 References
- https://gist.github.com/KhanMarshaI/165ae8f63ec6b5fdf1f4123252499fce
- https://gist.github.com/KhanMarshaI/db888b65cfd75bead2035348babfb423
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.325967
- https://vuldb.com/?id.325967
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.657188
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.657190
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.657191
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.657192
- https://gist.github.com/KhanMarshaI/165ae8f63ec6b5fdf1f4123252499fce
- https://gist.github.com/KhanMarshaI/db888b65cfd75bead2035348babfb423
