CVE-2025-67173
📋 TL;DR
This CSRF vulnerability in RiteCMS v3.1.0 allows attackers to create or edit website pages without authorization by tricking authenticated administrators into submitting malicious POST requests. It affects all RiteCMS v3.1.0 installations with page creation/editing functionality enabled. Attackers can deface websites or inject malicious content.
💻 Affected Systems
- RiteCMS
📦 What is this software?
Ritecms by Ritecms
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete website takeover through persistent malicious page creation, leading to data theft, malware distribution, or credential harvesting from visitors.
Likely Case
Website defacement, SEO spam injection, or creation of phishing pages that compromise visitor trust and security.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper CSRF protections, though some administrative disruption may occur.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated administrator into clicking a malicious link or visiting a crafted page. Public proof-of-concept code is available in GitHub repositories.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: Not available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch exists. Apply workarounds or upgrade to a newer version if available from the vendor.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens
allAdd CSRF protection tokens to all page creation/editing forms and validate them server-side.
Modify RiteCMS source code to include anti-CSRF tokens in forms and validation logic.
Restrict Admin Access
linuxLimit administrative access to trusted IP addresses or networks using web server rules.
# Apache: Require ip 192.168.1.0/24
# Nginx: allow 192.168.1.0/24; deny all;
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict SameSite cookie attributes for session management.
- Use web application firewalls (WAF) to block suspicious POST requests to page creation endpoints.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Review RiteCMS version in admin panel or check source code for missing CSRF tokens in page creation forms.Check Version:
Check RiteCMS admin dashboard or inspect CMS configuration files for version information.Verify Fix Applied:
Test page creation with and without valid CSRF tokens; requests without tokens should be rejected.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple POST requests to page creation endpoints from unusual IPs without corresponding GET requests.
- Unauthorized page creation events in CMS audit logs.
Network Indicators:
- Unusual POST traffic to /admin/page endpoints without referrer headers or CSRF tokens.
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (url_path="/admin/page" AND method="POST") AND NOT (referrer CONTAINS "yourdomain.com")