Vulnerability CVE-2012-6562
Published: 2013-05-23

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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
ELGG -> ELGG 

 References:
http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/75757
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
http://secunia.com/advisories/49129
http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released
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