CVE-2024-27717
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 vulnerability in Eskooly Free Online School Management Software v.3.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the Token Handling component.
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 confidenceCross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in Eskooly Free Online School Management Software v3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform privilege escalation by tricking authenticated users into submitting malicious requests through the flawed Token Handling component. The application fails to properly validate anti-CSRF tokens or origin headers, enabling forged 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<= 3.0CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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 the installed Eskooly versionAccess the admin panel or check the application footer/version page to determine if the version is 3.0 or earlierAffected if The installed version is 3.0 or any version marked as <= 3.0
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Locate state-changing forms in the applicationIdentify forms that perform privileged actions (user management, settings changes, data modifications) by reviewing the application's functionalityAffected if Forms exist that perform sensitive operations without clear evidence of CSRF protection mechanisms
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Inspect forms for anti-CSRF tokensView the HTML source of state-changing forms and check if a hidden token field or security token is present in each formAffected if State-changing forms lack a hidden anti-CSRF token field in their HTML markup
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Verify token validation server-sideIf possible, examine server-side code or attempt a low-risk form submission without a token to observe whether the request is rejectedAffected if Requests without valid anti-CSRF tokens are accepted and processed by the server
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Check session cookie configurationInspect the Set-Cookie headers or cookie settings to verify if SameSite attribute is set to Strict or LaxAffected if Session cookies are missing the SameSite attribute or have it set to None without Secure flag
You are affected if your Eskooly installation is version 3.0 or earlier and state-changing forms lack proper anti-CSRF token validation.
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 with cryptographically random tokens in all state-changing operations (forms, API endpoints), add Origin/Referer header validation, and configure SameSite attributes on session cookies to prevent CSRF attacks.
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- Review / QA4.0 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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