Steve Korbett PVote 1.0/1.0a/1.0b/1.5 Poll add.php/del.php privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Steve Korbett PVote 1.0/1.0a/1.0b/1.5. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file add.php/del.php of the component Poll Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-0588. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Steve Korbett PVote 1.0/1.0a/1.0b/1.5. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the file add.php/del.php of the component Poll Handler. The manipulation 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

PVote before 1.9 does not authenticate users for restricted operations, which allows remote attackers to add or delete polls by modifying parameters to (1) add.php or (2) del.php.

The weakness was disclosed 06/18/2002 by NetWin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0588. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:add.php/del.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10616 (PVote Poll Content Manipulation Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8877), Exploit-DB (21391), SecurityFocus (BID 4540†), OSVDB (14424†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6394†). The entry VDB-18268 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PVote 1.9

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04/18/2002 🔍
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06/18/2002 +61 days 🔍
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12/12/2004 +908 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3498 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: NetWin
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-0588 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0588
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18267
X-Force: 8877
SecurityFocus: 4540 - PVote Poll Content Manipulation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14424 - PVote del.php No Authentication Arbitrary Poll Manipulation
Vulnerability Center: 6394 - Pvote <= 1.5 Allows Bypassing User Restrictions via add.php or del.php, High

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

Created: 07/11/2014 14:10
Updated: 09/15/2025 04:18
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:10 (61), 06/03/2019 18:27 (3), 01/26/2025 23:57 (27), 09/15/2025 04:18 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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