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Cerberus FTP Server < 5.0.5.0 Cross-Site Request Forgery

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63559

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Synopsis

The FTP server installed on the remote Windows host has a cross-site request forgery vulnerability.

Description

The version of Cerberus FTP server on the remote host is earlier than 5.0.5.0. As such, it is potentially affected by a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that can be used to trick an authenticated administrator into making unintended changes to the application.

Solution

Upgrade to Cerberus FTP server 5.0.5.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.cerberusftp.com/products/releasenotes/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63559

File Name: cerberus_ftp_5_0_5.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: FTP

Published: 1/16/2013

Updated: 10/16/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2999

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cerberusftp:ftp_server

Required KB Items: SMB/CerberusFTP/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2999

BID: 55788

CERT: 989684