Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-7634 affects Enalean Tuleap 9.17. A missing anti-CSRF protection on the email-change function could let an attacker trick a logged-in user into changing their registered email address, enabling account takeover. There is no source-provided evidence of active exploitation or CISA KEV listing.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation if Tuleap supports source code, project management, or customer-facing engineering workflows. The vulnerability can lead to account takeover, but requires user interaction and an authenticated victim. Treat as near-term work for exposed Tuleap 9.17 systems.
Technical view
The issue is a CSRF weakness in Tuleap 9.17’s registered email address change workflow. If a victim is authenticated, an attacker could abuse the function to alter the account email. Public references include a researcher write-up, a Tuleap tracker item, and vendor code commits, but no CVSS score is provided in the bundle.
Likely exposure
Organizations running Enalean Tuleap 9.17 are the named exposure. Risk is higher for internet-accessible Tuleap instances and users who remain logged in while browsing untrusted content. The provided sources do not identify additional affected versions.
Exploitation context
Exploitation requires a logged-in victim and a successful CSRF scenario. The reported impact is account takeover through unauthorized email address change. The source bundle does not show active exploitation, KEV inclusion, or public weaponized exploitation status.
Researcher notes
The CVE record names Tuleap 9.17 and describes missing CSRF mitigation in email change. Public references include a researcher blog, Tuleap tracker confirmation, and vendor commits. The bundle lacks CVSS, CWE assignment, exact fixed version, and exploitation-in-the-wild evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Update Tuleap using Enalean guidance for tracker issue 11217 or releases containing referenced fixes.
- Restrict external access to Tuleap until upgraded, where operationally feasible.
- Monitor and alert on user email address changes.
- Use MFA or SSO controls to reduce account-takeover impact.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Tuleap deployments and confirm whether version 9.17 is present.
- Review Enalean tracker issue 11217 and linked commits for applicable fixed releases.
- In a test environment, verify email-change requests require anti-CSRF protection.
- Review logs for unexpected account email changes.
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://mustafairan.wordpress.com/2018/03/05/tuleap-mail-change-csrf-vulnerability-leads-to-account-takeover/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://tuleap.net/plugins/tracker/?aid=11217CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://twitter.com/Mustafaran/status/970745812887199744CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Enalean/tuleap/commit/0843c046eee54b16ec6a7753c575838212770189CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://tuleap.net/plugins/git/tuleap/tuleap/stable?p=tuleap%2Fstable.git&a=commit&h=d6701289ae55de900929ff0f66313fa9771a198dCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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