CVE-2010-1542
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 · uneditedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in admin/configure.php in DFD Cart 1.198, 1.197, and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or (2) change unspecified settings.
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 confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in DFD Cart's admin/configure.php allows remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly submitting malicious requests that can conduct XSS attacks or change application settings.
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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<= 1.198= 1.1.4= 1.1.5= 1.1.6= 1.1.7= 1.1.8= 1.192= 1.193= 1.194= 1.195= 1.196= 1.197CVSS 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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Identify if DFD Cart is installedSearch the web root directory for files containing 'DFD Cart', 'Dragonfrugal', or check for the presence of admin/configure.phpAffected if The application files are found on the server
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Determine the installed DFD Cart versionCheck version.php, README, or any version file in the application root for the exact version numberAffected if The installed version matches any of: <= 1.198, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.192, 1.193, 1.194, 1.195, 1.196, 1.197
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Verify admin/configure.php existsLocate and confirm the admin/configure.php file is present in the installationAffected if The file admin/configure.php exists in the application
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Check admin panel accessibilityAttempt to access the admin login page or confirm the admin area is reachable over the networkAffected if The admin interface is accessible without additional network restrictions
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Inspect configure.php for CSRF protectionExamine the source code of admin/configure.php for presence of anti-CSRF tokens, token validation logic, or Origin/Referer header checks on form submissionsAffected if No CSRF tokens or header validation is found in the form handling code
A user is affected if DFD Cart is installed with a version in the affected list AND the admin/configure.php file exists AND the admin panel is accessible without CSRF protection mechanisms in place.
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) in all admin forms and validate the Origin or Referer header on POST requests to prevent unauthorized actions.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2010-1542 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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