Check Point Advisories

XenForo Cross-Site Request Forgery (CVE-2024-38457)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-0599
Date Published:	21 Jul 2024
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 21 July, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-38457
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	XenForo prior to 2.2.16
Vulnerability Description	A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in XenForo. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in the execution of arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the XenForo Cross-Site Request Forgery (CVE-2024-38457) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: XenForo Cross-Site Request Forgery (CVE-2024-38457)