CVE-2021-45886
Published: 13 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-45886 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Ponton X\/P Messenger. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 34.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-32602
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in PONTON X/P Messenger before 3.11.2. Anti-CSRF tokens are globally valid, making the web application vulnerable to a weakened version of CSRF, where an arbitrary token of a low-privileged user (such as operator) can be used…
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to confirm actions of higher-privileged ones (such as xpadmin).
- 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.