Oracle Life Sciences Argus Safety, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), CVE-2025-21570 (Medium)

How the CVE Works

CVE-2025-21570 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Oracle Life Sciences Argus Safety (version 8.2.3). The flaw resides in the login component, allowing unauthenticated attackers to exploit it via HTTP without credentials. By tricking a victim into clicking a malicious link while authenticated, an attacker can force unintended actions such as data manipulation (insert/update/delete) or unauthorized data access. The attack requires user interaction, but due to insufficient CSRF protections, the system processes forged requests as legitimate. The CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1 reflects medium severity due to impacts on confidentiality and integrity, with a scope change potential affecting linked systems.

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Platform: Oracle Argus Safety
Version: 8.2.3
Vulnerability: CSRF
Severity: Medium
Date: 04/29/2025

What Undercode Say:

Exploitation:

1. Craft a malicious HTML page hosting a forged request:

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   </ol>
   
   <form action="http://target-argus-server/login" method="POST">
   <input type="hidden" name="action" value="delete_record">
   <input type="hidden" name="id" value="123">
   </form>
   
   <script>document.forms[bash].submit();</script>
   

   2. Social-engineer victim to visit the page while logged into Argus Safety.

   Mitigation:

   1. Apply Oracle’s patch for CVE-2025-21570.

   2. Implement CSRF tokens:

   // Example: Spring Security CSRF token
   <input type="hidden" name="${_csrf.parameterName}" value="${_csrf.token}">
   

   3. Enforce SameSite cookies:

   Header edit Set-Cookie ^(.)$ "$1; SameSite=Strict"
   

   Detection:

   1. Scan with Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP for missing anti-CSRF tokens.

   2. Check HTTP headers:

   curl -I http://target-argus-server/login | grep -i "csrf"
   

   Analytics:

   • Attack Vector: Network (HTTP)
   • Privilege Required: None
   • User Interaction: Required
   • Exploitability: High (low complexity)
   • Affected Data: Partial read/write access

   References:

   • Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory (Jan 2025)
   • OWASP CSRF Prevention Cheat Sheet
   • NIST NVD Entry: CVE-2025-21570

   Sources:

   Reported By: nvd.nist.gov
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