Mountain Network Systems Webcart 8.4 webcart.cgi NEXTPAGE privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mountain Network Systems Webcart 8.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file webcart.cgi. This manipulation of the argument NEXTPAGE causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1502. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mountain Network Systems Webcart 8.4. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file webcart.cgi. The manipulation of the argument NEXTPAGE with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

webcart.cgi in Mountain Network Systems WebCart 8.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the NEXTPAGE parameter.

The weakness was released 12/31/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-1502 since 06/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11095 (Mountain Network Systems webcart.cgi Arbitrary Command Execution), 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 10428 (Mountain Network Systems WebCart Command Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 975.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7315), Exploit-DB (21125), Tenable (11095), SecurityFocus (BID 3453†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2158†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 11095
Nessus Name: Mountain Network Systems webcart.cgi Arbitrary Command Execution
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09/22/2003 +397 days 🔍
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07/11/2014 +3307 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-1502 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1502
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17821
X-Force: 7315
SecurityFocus: 3453 - Mountain Network Systems WebCart Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2158 - Mountain Network Systems Webcart.cgi Allows Command Execution, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:26
Updated: 09/24/2025 21:31
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:26 (74), 05/13/2019 09:36 (2), 07/28/2024 00:07 (17), 09/24/2025 21:31 (5)
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