Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2021-41074 is a cross-site request forgery issue in QloApps hotel eCommerce 1.5.1. If an authenticated administrator is tricked into opening a crafted HTML page, an attacker may change the administrator’s email address. This can affect account control and administrative communications.
Executive priority
Handle as a moderate-priority application security issue. Prioritize if QloApps supports booking, payments, or customer operations, because administrator email changes can support account takeover or disrupt control of the platform.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-352 CSRF in index.php affecting QloApps hotel eCommerce 1.5.1. CVSS 3.1 is 5.4: network reachable, low complexity, no attacker privileges, user interaction required, with low confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running QloApps hotel eCommerce 1.5.1 with administrators using active authenticated sessions. The issue depends on social engineering or user interaction by an admin.
Exploitation context
The source bundle includes a public GitHub reference, but no CISA KEV listing and no cited evidence of active exploitation. Treat public technical disclosure as increasing risk, while avoiding assumptions about real-world exploitation.
Researcher notes
The CVE record names QloApps 1.5.1 and index.php but the structured affected vendor/product fields are not populated. No official patch details are included in the provided sources. Avoid broad version assumptions beyond 1.5.1 unless vendor documentation confirms them.
Mitigation direction
- Check QloApps guidance for fixed versions or official remediation.
- Inventory QloApps deployments and identify any running version 1.5.1.
- Upgrade or apply vendor-provided fixes if available.
- Limit admin portal exposure to trusted networks where feasible.
- Require administrators to avoid opening untrusted links while authenticated.
- Review administrative email changes for unauthorized activity.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether QloApps hotel eCommerce 1.5.1 is deployed.
- Review admin account records for unexpected email changes.
- Check application logs around administrator profile or email updates.
- Verify whether admin email-change actions include CSRF protection.
- Confirm any vendor patch or upgrade has been applied.
Public sources used
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CWE-352: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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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:L/I:L/A:N2.82.5Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://qloapps.com/CVE reference
- https://github.com/dillonkirsch/CVE-2021-41074CVE reference
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CWE details
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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.