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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-2191 · published 7 October 2011

CVE-2011-2191: Cherokee-project cherokee cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Cherokee Project · Cherokee

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cherokee-admin in Cherokee before 1.2.99 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert cross-site scripting (XSS) sequences, as demonstrated by a crafted nickname field to vserver/apply.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.4% · top 28.6% CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
1.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 8 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cherokee-admin in Cherokee before 1.2.99 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert cross-site scripting (XSS) sequences, as demonstrated by a crafted nickname field to vserver/apply.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066222.html
http://osvdb.org/72693
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Jun/0
http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/LATEST_is_1.2.99/cherokee-1.2.99.tar.gz Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/02/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/6 Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/22 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49772
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713304 ExploitPatch
https://launchpad.net/bugs/784632 Exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066222.html
http://osvdb.org/72693
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Jun/0
http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/LATEST_is_1.2.99/cherokee-1.2.99.tar.gz Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/02/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/6 Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/22 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49772
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713304 ExploitPatch
https://launchpad.net/bugs/784632 Exploit

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