CSRF in Online Examination System Project

CVE-2023-36256

The Online Examination System Project 1.0 version is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious link that, when clicked by an admin user, will delete a user account from the database without the admin's consent. The email of the user to be deleted is passed as a parameter in the URL, which can be manipulated by the attacker. This could result in a loss of data.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-36256?
CVE-2023-36256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Online Examination System Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-36256?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-36256 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.