Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the XML-RPC API in the Desktop Client in OpenVPN Access Server 1.5.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) disconnecting established VPN sessions, (2) connect to arbitrary VPN servers, or (3) create VPN profiles and execute arbitrary commands via crafted API requests.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532795/100/0/threaded
Exploit mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/76
Exploit x_refsource_misc
https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20140716-1_OpenVPN_Access_Server_Desktop_Client_Remote_Code_Execution_via_CSRF_v10.txt
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://openvpn.net/index.php/access-server/security-advisories.html
Exploit x_refsource_misc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhgysgfvQh8
Scores
EPSS
0.0088
EPSS Percentile
54.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-352
Status
published
Products (1)
openvpn/openvpn_access_server
< 1.5.6
Published
Nov 26, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026