BigTree CMS up to 4.2.18 Account Delete authorization

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in BigTree CMS up to 4.2.18. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Account Delete Handler. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-9378. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in BigTree CMS up to 4.2.18 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Account Delete Handler. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

BigTree CMS through 4.2.18 does not prevent a user from deleting their own account. This could have security relevance because deletion was supposed to be an admin-only action, and the admin may have other tasks (such as data backups) to complete before a user is deleted.

The bug was discovered 06/11/2017. The weakness was presented 06/02/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-9378. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• BigTree

Name

• CMS

Version

• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8
• 4.2.9
• 4.2.10
• 4.2.11
• 4.2.12
• 4.2.13
• 4.2.14
• 4.2.15
• 4.2.16
• 4.2.17
• 4.2.18

License

• open-source

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