Paul Tarjan Stanford Conference And Research Forum prior Beta User Account generaloptions.php access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Paul Tarjan Stanford Conference And Research Forum. This affects an unknown function of the file generaloptions.php of the component User Account. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5909. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Paul Tarjan Stanford Conference And Research Forum (Forum Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file generaloptions.php of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

generaloptions.php in Paul Tarjan Stanford Conference And Research Forum (SCARF) before 20070227 does not require the admin privilege, which allows remote attackers to reconfigure the application or its user accounts.

The weakness was disclosed 11/15/2006 by navairum (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5909 since 11/15/2006. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:generaloptions.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version Beta eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32700), SecurityFocus (BID 20934†) and Secunia (SA24311†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Stanford Conference And Research Forum Beta

Timelineinfo

11/06/2006 🔍
11/15/2006 +9 days 🔍
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02/27/2007 +104 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2935 days 🔍
04/27/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: navairum
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5909 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5909
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33272
X-Force: 32700
SecurityFocus: 20934 - Stanford Conference And Research Forum Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 24311 - Stanford Conference And Research Forum "generaloptions.php" Security Bypass, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2007-0760

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/27/2026 12:29
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (53), 09/30/2017 09:07 (8), 04/27/2026 12:29 (19)
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