Vulnerability CVE-2012-6563
Published: 2013-05-23

Description:
engine/lib/access.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 does not properly clear cached access lists during plugin boot, which allows remote attackers to read private entities via unspecified vectors.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
ELGG -> ELGG 

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