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CVE-2009-4898

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in TWiki before 4.3.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that update pages, as demonstrated by a URL for a save script in the ACTION attribute of a FORM element, in conjunction with a call to the submit method in the onload attribute of a BODY element. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2009-1339.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2009-4898 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from twiki organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-09-07T17:00:01.747

Last Modified

2026-06-16T23:14:33.967

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	twiki	twiki	≤ 4.3.1	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.0.0	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.0.1	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.0.2	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.0.3	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.0.4	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.0.5	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.1.0	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.1.1	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.1.2	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.2.0	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.2.1	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.2.2	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.2.3	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.2.4	Yes
Application	twiki	twiki	4.3.0	Yes

References

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAuditTokenBasedCsrfFix ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/02/17 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/03/8 ([email protected])
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAuditTokenBasedCsrfFix (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/02/17 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/03/8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For twiki's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.