CVE-2017-16244
mediumpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.020 · 80 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cross-Site Request Forgery exists in OctoberCMS 1.0.426 (aka Build 426) due to improper validation of CSRF tokens for postback handling, allowing an attacker to successfully take over the victim's account. The attack bypasses a protection mechanism involving X-CSRF headers and CSRF tokens via a certain _handler postback variable.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
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exploits (1)
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-vm6r-4p4v-232xOctober CMS CSRF 2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
Cross-Site Request Forgery exists in OctoberCMS 1.0.426 (aka Build 426) due to improper validation of CSRF tokens for postback handling, allowing an attacker to successfully take over the victim's account. The attack bypasses a protection mechanism involving X-CSRF headers and CSRF tokens via a certain _handler postback variable.
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/4a6e0e1e0e2c3facebc17e0db38c5b4d4cb05bd0cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43106/cnnvd
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/4a6e0e1e0e2c3facebc17e0db38c5b4d4cb05bd0enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43106/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/4a6e0e1e0e2c3facebc17e0db38c5b4d4cb05bd0PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43106/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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