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CVE-2012-6562

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Date: May 23, 2013

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.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

6.8

Related Resources (5)

Url: http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip

Url: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6562

Url: https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-6562

Severity Score

6.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2012-6562

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Date: May 23, 2013

Language: PHP

Severity Score

Related Resources (5)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

CVSS v2

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