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TITLE:
phpFoX Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34333

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34333/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in phpFoX, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.

The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP
requests without performing any validity checks to verify the
requests. This can be exploited to e.g. update a user's account
settings by enticing a logged in user to visit a malicious web page.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.6.21. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not browse untrusted web sites while logged on to the application.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
d14l

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0903-exploits/phpfox1621-xsrf.txt

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