CVE-2007-5917
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in admin/admin_account.php in Skalinks 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to add arbitrary privileged accounts as administrators via the admin_name, admin_password, admin_type, and Add_admin parameters.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCSRF vulnerability in Skalinks 1.5 admin/admin_account.php allows remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly creating new privileged administrator accounts by embedding malicious requests in attacker-controlled pages. The affected parameters (admin_name, admin_password, admin_type, Add_admin) lack anti-CSRF token validation.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Skalinks installation and versionLocate the Skalinks installation directory and check for version identifiers in files such as version.php, README, or index page footer. Common paths include /skalinks/, /, or web root.Affected if Skalinks version 1.5 is installed and running
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Verify admin_account.php existsCheck for the presence of admin/admin_account.php within the Skalinks web directory. This file handles administrator account creation.Affected if The file admin/admin_account.php exists in the installation
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Inspect admin account creation form for CSRF tokenAccess the administrator account creation page (typically /admin/admin_account.php or /admin/?do=add_admin) and examine the HTML source for a hidden input field containing a CSRF token or anti-CSRF mechanism.Affected if The form lacks a hidden CSRF token field or anti-CSRF mechanism
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Check form handler for token validationOpen admin/admin_account.php in a text editor and search for token validation logic, such as checks for $_POST['token'], $_SESSION['token'], or similar anti-CSRF code before processing account creation.Affected if No token validation code is present before processing the admin_name, admin_password, admin_type, or Add_admin parameters
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Test for Referer header validationSubmit a crafted account creation request without an HTTP Referer header or with a mismatched Referer and observe whether the request is rejected by the server.Affected if The application accepts requests without validating the HTTP Referer header
A user is affected if Skalinks version 1.5 is installed and the admin account creation form lacks anti-CSRF token validation, allowing attackers to trick administrators into creating privileged accounts.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing admin operations, particularly the account creation form and its handler. Additionally, validate the HTTP Referer header and require re-authentication for sensitive administrative actions.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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