VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-6562
engine/lib/users.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 does not properly specify permissions for the useradd action, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary accounts.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 1.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
engine/lib/users.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 does not properly specify permissions for the useradd action, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary accounts.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.34% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- elgg/elgg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-releasedVendor Advisory
- http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zipPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49129Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75757
- http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-releasedVendor Advisory
- http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zipPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49129Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75757
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.