CSRF in Opencats

CVE-2023-27295

Cross-site request forgery is facilitated by OpenCATS failure to require CSRF tokens in POST requests. An attacker can exploit this issue by creating a dummy page that executes Javascript in an authenticated user's session when visited.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

  • Opencats — versions 0.9.6
  • N/a Opencats — versions 0.9.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27295?
CVE-2023-27295 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opencats, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-27295?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-27295 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.