CVE-2022-42751 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CandidATS version 3.0.0, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to elevate privileges. By tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link, an attacker can create new administrative accounts, leading to full compromise of the application. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:auieo:candidats:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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