PT-2020-12171 · Chadha · Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language version 9 Description: The issue allows attackers to edit a department, given the id, via a crafted request to the "admin/manage-departments.php" endpoint. This is made possible by a CSRF weakness...

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