CVE-2011-2191 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cherokee-admin versions prior to 1.2.99, impacting the Cherokee web server. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack an administrator's authenticated session to inject Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) sequences, for instance, via a manipulated nickname field. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it presents a medium severity risk, requiring moderate attack complexity but potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.98CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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