CVE-2010-0540

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change settings.

Affected products

macOS: 10.5.8, 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5.8, 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3

References

http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
http://cups.org/str.php?L3498
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871

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