📄 Description (English)
PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, the application enables credentialed CORS requests but does not implement any CSRF protection mechanism.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
PlaciPy 1.0.0 contains a critical CSRF vulnerability due to missing CSRF protection mechanisms combined with permissive CORS configuration allowing credentialed requests. This enables attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users in educational institutions. The vulnerability affects placement management systems used across Saudi universities and educational organizations.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 22, 2026 20:54
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
High impact on Saudi educational sector including universities (KSU, KAUST, PNU, etc.) and technical colleges using PlaciPy for student placement management. Risk extends to HR departments managing recruitment processes. Potential for unauthorized modification of student placement records, job offers, and candidate information. Secondary impact on employers and recruitment agencies relying on the platform for hiring decisions.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Education - Universities and Technical Colleges
Education - Student Placement Services
Human Resources - Recruitment Departments
Government - Educational Institutions
Private Sector - Recruitment Agencies
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Upgrade PlaciPy to patched version immediately
2. Audit CORS configuration and restrict to specific trusted domains only
3. Review access logs for suspicious cross-origin requests
4. Notify all users to clear browser cache and re-authenticate
PATCHING GUIDANCE:
1. Apply vendor security patch for version 1.0.0
2. Test patch in staging environment before production deployment
3. Implement version pinning to prevent downgrade attacks
COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if patch delayed):
1. Implement WAF rules to block requests with missing/invalid CSRF tokens
2. Restrict CORS to same-origin only: Access-Control-Allow-Origin: self
3. Disable credentialed CORS requests: Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: false
4. Implement SameSite cookie attribute: SameSite=Strict
5. Add X-CSRF-Token validation on all state-changing operations
DETECTION RULES:
1. Monitor for POST/PUT/DELETE requests from different origins
2. Alert on missing Referer headers in state-changing requests
3. Track unusual placement record modifications from external sources
4. Log all CORS preflight requests and cross-origin access attempts
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. ترقية PlaciPy إلى الإصدار المصحح فوراً
2. مراجعة إعدادات CORS وتقييدها على النطاقات الموثوقة المحددة فقط
3. مراجعة سجلات الوصول للطلبات المريبة من مصادر خارجية
4. إخطار جميع المستخدمين بمسح ذاكرة التخزين المؤقت وإعادة المصادقة
إرشادات التصحيح:
1. تطبيق تصحيح الأمان من المورد للإصدار 1.0.0
2. اختبار التصحيح في بيئة الاختبار قبل النشر في الإنتاج
3. تنفيذ تثبيت الإصدار لمنع هجمات الانحدار
الضوابط البديلة (إذا تأخر التصحيح):
1. تنفيذ قواعد WAF لحجب الطلبات بدون رموز CSRF صحيحة
2. تقييد CORS على نفس المصدر فقط
3. تعطيل طلبات CORS المصرح بها
4. تنفيذ سمة ملف تعريف الارتباط SameSite=Strict
5. إضافة التحقق من X-CSRF-Token على جميع العمليات التي تغير الحالة
قواعد الكشف:
1. مراقبة طلبات POST/PUT/DELETE من مصادر مختلفة
2. التنبيه على الطلبات بدون رؤوس Referer
3. تتبع التعديلات غير العادية على سجلات التوظيف من مصادر خارجية
4. تسجيل جميع طلبات CORS preflight ومحاولات الوصول من مصادر خارجية
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Information security policies and procedures
A.6.1.1 - Access control policy
A.8.2.1 - User registration and access rights management
A.13.1.1 - Information security incident management
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AC-1 - Access Control Policy
PR.AC-1 - Identities and credentials are managed
PR.AC-4 - Access rights are managed
DE.CM-1 - The network is monitored for unauthorized connections
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1.1 - Policies for information security
A.6.1.1 - Information security roles and responsibilities
A.8.2.1 - User registration and access rights
A.8.2.3 - Management of privileged access rights
A.13.1.1 - Information security incident management
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
prasklatechnology:placipy:1.0.0