Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2021-29334 is a CSRF issue in JIZHI CMS 1.9.4 that could let an attacker cause an authenticated administrator to create another admin account. The business risk is account takeover of the CMS if an administrator is tricked while logged in.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for any confirmed JIZHI CMS 1.9.4 deployment because successful abuse could create administrator access. If the CMS is not used, priority is low after inventory confirmation.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-352 affecting JIZHI CMS 1.9.4, specifically admin account creation through /admin.php/Admin/adminadd.html. CVSS 3.1 is 8.8: network reachable, low complexity, no attacker privileges, but user interaction is required. Sources do not identify a vendor patch.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running JIZHI CMS 1.9.4 with active administrator sessions and reachable admin functionality. The source bundle has incomplete affected-product metadata beyond the CVE title and description.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. Exploitation requires an administrator to interact with attacker-controlled content while authenticated to the CMS.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the CVE record names JIZHI CMS 1.9.4 and one CSRF endpoint, but affected CPE data is absent. Avoid assuming broader versions, exploit activity, or patch availability without vendor confirmation.
Mitigation direction
- Check JIZHI CMS vendor guidance for a fixed release or official mitigation.
- Restrict CMS admin access to trusted networks, VPN, or allowlisted IP addresses.
- Review admin accounts and remove any unauthorized or unexplained users.
- If maintaining the code, add CSRF protection to admin account creation.
- Require administrators to log out after CMS administration sessions.
Validation and detection
- Inventory internet-facing and internal instances for JIZHI CMS 1.9.4.
- Confirm whether /admin.php/Admin/adminadd.html exists on deployed instances.
- Verify admin account creation requires an unpredictable CSRF token.
- Review CMS logs for unexpected admin account creation events.
- Check whether admin access is restricted from untrusted networks.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://gist.github.com/yinfei6/17bbeece7cf5a8f9c31f7a517d85b247CVE reference
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.