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CVE-2013-7259: Neo4J vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

May 17, 2022 (updated April 14, 2025)

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Neo4J 1.9.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by a request to (1) db/data/ext/GremlinPlugin/graphdb/execute_script or (2) db/manage/server/console/.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-x626-q4v7-7xc6
  • github.com/neo4j/neo4j
  • github.com/neo4j/neo4j/commit/40ad76078a25666d8b218772b6491fb443020df9
  • github.com/neo4j/neo4j/issues/2826
  • github.com/o2platform/DefCon_RESTing/tree/master/Live-Demos/Neo4j
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7259
  • web.archive.org/web/20131017043717/http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/08/neo4j-csrf-payload-to-start-processes.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.2.0-M01

Fixed versions

  • 2.2.0-M01

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.2.0-M01 or above.

Impact 6.8 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Source file

maven/org.neo4j/neo4j/CVE-2013-7259.yml

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