CVE-2023-42234
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 · uneditedPat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced <= 11.0.33 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via the WSCView function.
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 · moderate confidencePat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced <= 11.0.33 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via the WSCView function. The application fails to implement proper anti-CSRF tokens or referrer validation, allowing attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly executing unwanted actions through crafted malicious requests.
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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<= 11.0.33CVSS 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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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 HelpdeskAdvanced installation versionCheck the installed version of Zucchetti Helpdeskadvanced or Pat Infinite Solutions HelpdeskAdvanced in your system (typically via admin panel, about page, or installed packages list)Affected if The installed version is 11.0.33 or lower
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Locate the WSCView function endpointIdentify if the WSCView function endpoint is accessible in your HelpdeskAdvanced installation - typically found in the web application's URL routing for web service or API callsAffected if The WSCView function is present and accessible in your installation
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Test for anti-CSRF token requirement on WSCViewSubmit a state-changing request to the WSCView function without including any anti-CSRF token and observe whether the request is accepted or rejectedAffected if The request is processed without requiring an anti-CSRF token (request succeeds without token)
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Verify referrer header validation on WSCViewSend a request to WSCView with a mismatched or missing Referer header and check if the application accepts or rejects itAffected if The application accepts requests with missing or forged Referer headers for state-changing operations
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Confirm authenticated session vulnerabilityWith an active authenticated session, attempt to trigger a state-changing action via WSCView from a cross-origin context (such as a malicious page) and observe if the action executesAffected if The state-changing action executes successfully when triggered from a cross-origin context without user awareness
Your environment is affected if you run HelpdeskAdvanced version 11.0.33 or lower AND the WSCView function processes state-changing requests without requiring valid anti-CSRF tokens or validating the Referer header.
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 synchronizer token pattern (anti-CSRF tokens) for all state-changing operations in the WSCView function and enable proper referrer header validation to prevent CSRF attacks.
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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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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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