Exponent up to 0.96.4 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Exponent 0.94/0.95/0.96.1/0.96.3/0.96.4. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-3766. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Exponent 0.94/0.95/0.96.1/0.96.3/0.96.4. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

Exponent CMS 0.96.3 and later versions stores sensitive user pages under the web document root with insufficient access control even though certain permissions are specified, which allows attackers to access the pages by browsing uploaded files.

The bug was discovered 11/19/2005. The weakness was presented 11/22/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3766 since 11/22/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20211 (Exponent CMS < 0.96.4 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (XSS, SQLi, Code Exe, Disc)), 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (20211), SecurityFocus (BID 15389†), OSVDB (21026†), Secunia (SA17655†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-10081†). See VDB-27044, VDB-27042, VDB-27041 and VDB-27040 for similar entries. 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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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 20211
Nessus Name: Exponent CMS < 0.96.4 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (XSS, SQLi, Code Exe, Disc)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/16/2005 🔍
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11/22/2005 +3 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3356 days 🔍
06/13/2019 +1555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3766 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3766
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27043
SecurityFocus: 15389
Secunia: 17655 - Exponent CMS image gallery Module Script Insertion and Full Path Disclosure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 21026 - Exponent CMS uploaded files have incorrect permissions
Vulnerability Center: 10081 - Exponent CMS Insecure User Pages Storage, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/13/2019 06:24
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (63), 06/13/2019 06:24 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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