CVE-2023-40172

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    CVE-2023-40172

    Published: 18 Aug 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in fobybus/social-media-skeleton

    Details: Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack is a type of malicious attack whereby an attacker tricks a victim into performing an action on a website that they do not intend to do. This can be done by sending the victim a malicious link or by exploiting a vulnerability in the website. Prior to version 1.0.5 Social media skeleton did not properly restrict CSRF attacks. This has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40172.json, https://github.com/fobybus/social-media-skeleton/security/advisories/GHSA-873h-pqjx-3pwg, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40172, https://github.com/fobybus/social-media-skeleton/commit/344d798e82d6cc39844962c6d3cb2560f5907848

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -ea5d199c05fa2a0c1fafbfca44734676d2d9d851

    Affected versions

    1.0.4
    1.0.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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