CVE-2012-6721
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 the (1) Forum, (2) Event, and (3) Classifieds plugins in SocialEngine before 4.2.4.
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 confidenceMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities exist in the Forum, Event, and Classifieds plugins of SocialEngine versions prior to 4.2.4. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unwanted actions (such as creating/modifying forum posts, events, or classified listings) by leveraging the lack of anti-CSRF token validation on state-changing forms in these plugins.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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< 4.2.4CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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 SocialEngine versionLocate the installed SocialEngine version in the admin control panel under Dashboard or Settings, or check the version file in the installation directoryAffected if the installed version is any version prior to 4.2.4
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Determine if Forum plugin is activeCheck the installed plugins list in the SocialEngine admin panel under the Plugins or Modules section to see if Forum is enabledAffected if Forum plugin is installed and enabled, and the SocialEngine version is below 4.2.4
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Determine if Event plugin is activeCheck the installed plugins list in the SocialEngine admin panel under the Plugins or Modules section to see if Events is enabledAffected if Event plugin is installed and enabled, and the SocialEngine version is below 4.2.4
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Determine if Classifieds plugin is activeCheck the installed plugins list in the SocialEngine admin panel under the Plugins or Modules section to see if Classifieds is enabledAffected if Classifieds plugin is installed and enabled, and the SocialEngine version is below 4.2.4
You are affected if your SocialEngine installation is any version prior to 4.2.4 and you have the Forum, Event, or Classifieds plugins enabled.
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 data4.2.4
Upgrade SocialEngine to version 4.2.4 or later which includes CSRF protection fixes for the affected plugins. For immediate mitigation, implement anti-CSRF tokens on all forms within the Forum, Event, and Classifieds plugins.
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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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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