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TI-2017-08561 Aliases CVE-2017-11567GHSA-r8jp-7x5w-h88v

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mongoose Web Server before 6.9 allows…

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mongoose Web Server before 6.9 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that modify Mongoose.conf via a request to __mg_admin?save. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code remotely.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04135 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose_embedded_web_server_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6.8VulnerableCesanta
  • cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose_embedded_web_server_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.8 Vulnerable ·Cesanta

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-11567
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r8jp-7x5w-h88v

References

Exploit 3

  • TI-2017-04881 Use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_multipart_wait_for_boundary function in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-14406 Use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_cgi_ev_handler function in mongoose.c in Cesanta… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8

Sources

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