CVE-2023-40172: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in fobybus/social-media-skeleton

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-08-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack is a type of malicious attack whereby an attacker tricks a victim into performing an action on a website that they do not intend to do. This can be done by sending the victim a malicious link or by exploiting a vulnerability in the website. Prior to version 1.0.5 Social media skeleton did not properly restrict CSRF attacks. This has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

fobybus social-media-skeleton: before 1.0.5 — fixed in 1.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: fobybus social-media-skeleton 1.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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