e107 CMS up to 2.3.0 usersettings.php protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in e107 CMS up to 2.3.0. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file usersettings.php. The manipulation leads to protection mechanism. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-27885. Moreover, an exploit is present. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in e107 CMS up to 2.3.0 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown function of the file usersettings.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 03/03/2021 as d9efdb9b5f424b4996c276e754a380a5e251f472. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-27885. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:usersettings.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (49614). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

03/01/2021 🔍
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12/16/2024 +1383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: d9efdb9b5f424b4996c276e754a380a5e251f472
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-27885 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-27885
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-170597
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2021 08:31
Updated: 12/16/2024 00:34
Changes: 03/03/2021 08:31 (40), 03/06/2021 12:37 (5), 12/16/2024 00:34 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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