Wordtrans 1.0 Beta2.2.4/1.1 Pre8 wordtrans.php privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Wordtrans 1.0 Beta2.2.4/1.1 Pre8. This affects an unknown part of the file wordtrans.php. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0837. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Wordtrans 1.0 Beta2.2.4/1.1 Pre8. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file wordtrans.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

wordtrans 1.1pre8 and earlier in the wordtrans-web package allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code or (2) conduct cross-site scripting attacks via certain parameters (possibly "dict") to the wordtrans.php script.

The weakness was disclosed 10/04/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0837. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

By approaching the search of inurl:wordtrans.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11049 (Wordtrans-web Script Injection Vulnerability).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10063), SecurityFocus (BID 5674†), OSVDB (14442†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6381†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Wordtrans

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0837 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0837
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18812
X-Force: 10063
SecurityFocus: 5674 - Wordtrans-web Script Injection Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14442 - wordtrans wordtrans.php dict Parameter XSS
Vulnerability Center: 6381 - Wordtrans-web 1.1 pre8, 1.0 beta-2-2.4 Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2014 11:28
Updated: 09/13/2025 02:35
Changes: 07/23/2014 11:28 (55), 06/04/2019 07:02 (2), 09/13/2025 02:35 (20)
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