Genetechsolutions Pie Register up to 2.0.12 User Account pie-register.php access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Genetechsolutions Pie Register up to 2.0.12. Impacted is an unknown function of the file pie-register.php of the component User Account. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2014-8802. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Genetechsolutions Pie Register up to 2.0.12. This affects an unknown code of the file pie-register.php of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Pie Register plugin before 2.0.14 for WordPress does not properly restrict access to certain functions in pie-register.php, which allows remote attackers to (1) add a user by uploading a crafted CSV file or (2) activate a user account via a verifyit action.

The weakness was shared 01/23/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-8802 since 11/13/2014. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Kacper Szurek and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:pie-register.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.0.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (35823) and Secunia (SA62351†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Genetechsolutions

Name

• Pie Register

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.11
• 2.0.12

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Kacper Szurek
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Google Hack: 🔍

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Pie Register 2.0.13

Timelineinfo

11/13/2014 🔍
01/16/2015 +64 days 🔍
01/16/2015 +0 days 🔍
01/19/2015 +3 days 🔍
01/23/2015 +4 days 🔍
01/23/2015 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +63 days 🔍
06/23/2025 +3741 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordpress.org
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-8802 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8802
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73749
Secunia: 62351 - WordPress Pie Register Plugin Security Bypass Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 06/23/2025 08:51
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (49), 04/03/2018 08:47 (13), 06/23/2025 08:51 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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