CVE-2025-1891
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in shishuocms 1.1 that allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. The vulnerability affects unknown processing functions and can be exploited remotely. Users of shishuocms 1.1 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- shishuocms
📦 What is this software?
Shishuocms by Qzw1210
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could add unauthorized administrator accounts, modify system settings, or perform other privileged actions without the victim's knowledge.
Likely Case
Attackers create backdoor administrator accounts to gain persistent access to the CMS administration panel.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections, the attack fails as requests lack valid anti-CSRF tokens.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit requires victim to be authenticated and visit a malicious page while logged into shishuocms.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: None found
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider upgrading to a newer version if available or implementing CSRF protections manually.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens
allAdd anti-CSRF tokens to all state-changing forms and endpoints
SameSite Cookie Attribute
allSet SameSite=Strict or Lax on session cookies to prevent cross-site requests
Set-Cookie: session=value; SameSite=Strict; Secure; HttpOnly
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block CSRF patterns
- Require re-authentication for sensitive administrative actions
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if forms lack CSRF tokens by inspecting HTML source or using browser developer toolsCheck Version:
Check CMS version in admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that all forms include unique, validated CSRF tokens and SameSite cookie attributes are set📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple administrator account creations from same IP
- Unexpected configuration changes
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to admin endpoints without Referer header or CSRF tokens
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri_path="/admin/*" OR uri_path="/api/*") AND http_method="POST" AND NOT csrf_token=*