Facebook Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
Cross-Site Request Forgery in the Facebook mobile interface when editing the profile.
Antecedentes
Facebook is a social network operated and owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can add friends, send them messages, and update their profile.
Description
The Facebook mobile interface is vulnerable to CSRF because the resource m.facebook.com/a/editprofile.php is not protected with a token when updating variables such as phone_cell or phone_other. An attacker can force a user to perform actions on Facebook and change their profile without authorization.
Business impact
An attacker can force an end user to perform unintended actions on Facebook. Exploitation of the proof of concept allows updating the victim's profile data.
Affected systems
Facebook.
Solución
Corrected by the manufacturer.
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