CVE-2014-6409

m/monit < 3.3.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via User Update Endpoint

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-6409. PoCs published by Dolev Farhi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a CSRF exploit for M/Monit that allows an attacker to reset the password of any user account, including the admin, without knowing the current password. The PoC is a simple HTML form that submits a POST request to the vulnerable endpoint.

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in M/Monit 3.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change user passwords via the fullname and password parameters to /admin/users/update.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Dolev Farhi · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34718

This is a CSRF exploit for M/Monit that allows an attacker to reset the password of any user account, including the admin, without knowing the current password. The PoC is a simple HTML form that submits a POST request to the vulnerable endpoint.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: M/Monit <= 3.2.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must be authenticated and visit the malicious HTML page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96122
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/71
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34718

Scores

EPSS 0.0227
EPSS Percentile 80.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (1)
mmonit/m\/monit < 3.3.2
Published Oct 06, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026