CVE-2012-1297

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-03-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in main.php in Contao (formerly TYPOlight) 2.11.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) delete users via a delete action in the user module, (2) delete news via a delete action in the news module, or (3) delete newsletters via a delete action in the newsletters module.

Affected products

Contao Cms: through 2.11.0; 2.0, 2.0-beta-rc2, 2.0-beta-rc3, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2 (+100)

References

http://ivanobinetti.blogspot.com/2012/02/contaocms-fka-typolight-211-csrf-delete.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110214/ContaoCMS-2.11.0-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48180
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18527
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73479
http://ivanobinetti.blogspot.com/2012/02/contaocms-fka-typolight-211-csrf-delete.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110214/ContaoCMS-2.11.0-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48180
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18527
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73479

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