Brian Stanback Bsguest bsguest.cgi email privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Brian Stanback Bsguest. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file bsguest.cgi. The manipulation of the argument email results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0099. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Brian Stanback Bsguest (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the file bsguest.cgi. The manipulation of the argument email with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

bsguest.cgi guestbook script allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the email address.

The weakness was presented 02/12/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-0099. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11748 (Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10259 (Brian Stanback bsguest.cgi Remote Command Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1711.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5796), Exploit-DB (20524), Tenable (11748), SecurityFocus (BID 1784†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6680†). See VDB-14266, VDB-14277, VDB-14828 and VDB-15062 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 11748
Nessus Name: Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1711
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP bsguest.cgi access
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12/21/2000 🔍
02/12/2001 +53 days 🔍
02/12/2001 +0 days 🔍
06/17/2003 +855 days 🔍
12/30/2004 +562 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +3472 days 🔍
10/08/2025 +4115 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0099 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0099
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16428
X-Force: 5796 - bsguest.cgi allows remote execution of commands on server
SecurityFocus: 1784
Vulnerability Center: 6680 - Bsguest.cgi Allows Obtaining Passwords and Executing Code via Shell Metacharacters, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 11:20
Updated: 10/08/2025 20:15
Changes: 07/03/2014 11:20 (67), 05/28/2019 18:19 (2), 07/07/2024 06:50 (25), 10/08/2025 20:15 (5)
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