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TI-2023-21045 Aliases CVE-2023-40172

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in fobybus/social-media-skeleton

Priority LOW 38CWE-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
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack is a type of malicious attack whereby an attacker tricks a victim into performing an action on a website that they do not intend to do. This can be done by sending the victim a malicious link or by exploiting a vulnerability in the website. Prior to version 1.0.5 Social media skeleton did not properly restrict CSRF attacks. This has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00265 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed social-media-skeleton (fobybus): 1.0.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
fobybussocial-media-skeletonbefore 1.0.51.0.5Patch availableCNA
  • social-media-skeleton Vendorfobybus Affected before 1.0.5 Fixed in 1.0.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fobybus:social-media-skeleton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.0.5Vulnerablefobybus
  • cpe:2.3:a:fobybus:social-media-skeleton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.0.5 Vulnerable ·fobybus

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA social-media-skeleton (fobybus) Fixed in 1.0.5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-40172

References

Patch 1

Other 1

  • TI-2023-20483 social-media-skeleton vulnerable to Pre-Auth SQLi leading to RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-21047 Insufficient Session Expiration in fobybus/social-media-skeleton CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-21046 Unsalted passwords in fobybus/social-media-skeleton CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-20650 social-media-skeleton stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences