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fiverr .com found vulnerable[/caption] One of the top ranked freelancers website fiverr .com is found vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery attack. A serious vulnerability in a web application is found which has put more than 1 million users account at stake. Fiverr .com provides platform for people to see their services online.Recently the company raised $30 million in institutional funding to continue the services that it provides. The company neglected a serious bug which was reported by a researcher. Before the public release, company fails to make a patch for the critical bug.
Fiverr .com found vulnerable
Mohamed Abelbaset a security researcher from an Egyptian security firm reported that Fiverr .com is found vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack. With this Mohamed was able to compromise the users account.
What is Cross-site Forgery (CSRF)?
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is a way in which Web site is attacked by an intruder as a trusted user. The hacker targets the browser and sends a request on his own behalf. Apart from this you need the Fiverr .com profile link of the target in order to make a CSRF attack. Mohamed demonstrated the whole vulnerability in a video.Once you successfully logged in, you can easily change the password.
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