[Bug 383085] [NEW] TWiki 4.1.x CSRF vulnerability (CVE-2009-1339)

[Fumihito YOSHIDA]

*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***

Public security bug reported:

TWiki 4.1.x has CSRF vulnerability, it identified with CVE-2009-1339.

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2009-1339
> Impact
> 
> An image tag can be crafted that, when viewed, updates pages with
> the attackers content in TWiki as the viewing user, including members
> of the TWikiAdminGroup. This can be used to gain administrator
> privileges, change access permissions and do other things. 

It affected to Hardy,Intrepid,Jaunty,Karmic, and also affected Debian
sid/squeeze/lenny/etch too.

But, in now, we have not any actual patchs.

[References]

Original Advisory:
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2009-1339

Discussion of fix for 4.1.x about this vuln.
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Support/SID-00289

** Affects: twiki (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: twiki (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: New

** Visibility changed to: Public

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-1339

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #526258
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526258

** Also affects: twiki (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526258
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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TWiki 4.1.x CSRF vulnerability (CVE-2009-1339)
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