CVE-2020-24983
Published: 11 March 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-24983 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Quadbase Espressreports Es. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 38.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-17683
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Quadbase EspressReports ES 7 Update 9. An unauthenticated attacker can create a malicious HTML file that houses a POST request made to the DashboardBuilder within the target web application. This request will utilise the target…
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admin session and perform the authenticated request (to change the Dashboard name) as if the victim had done so themselves, aka CSRF.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.