CVE-2019-12437
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

In SilverStripe through 4.3.3, the previous fix for SS-2018-007 did not completely mitigate the risk of Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GraphQL mutations (MITRE).

Technical details

The vulnerability is related to the GraphQL implementation in SilverStripe CMS where the previous security patch (SS-2018-007) failed to fully address CSRF protection issues in GraphQL mutations. This created a potential security gap in the GraphQL API endpoints (Silverstripe Blog).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to perform unauthorized operations through GraphQL mutations by bypassing CSRF protections. This could potentially lead to unauthorized data modifications or actions being performed with the privileges of authenticated users (MITRE).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an attacker to craft specific GraphQL mutation requests that bypass the incomplete CSRF protection mechanisms. The attack vector is specifically through GraphQL endpoints that process mutations (Silverstripe Security).

Mitigation and workarounds

The issue has been fixed in versions after SilverStripe 4.3.3. Users are advised to upgrade to a patched version to ensure proper CSRF protection for GraphQL mutations (MITRE).

Additional resources


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