SolidState BrowseAccountsPage.class.php base_path privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in SolidState. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file BrowseAccountsPage.class.php. Such manipulation of the argument base_path leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5020. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SolidState (Billing Software) (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file BrowseAccountsPage.class.php. The manipulation of the argument base_path 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.

The weakness was disclosed 09/21/2006 by Kacper (Website). The advisory is shared for download at attrition.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:BrowseAccountsPage.class.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29095), Exploit-DB (2413), SecurityFocus (BID 21934†) and OSVDB (31194†). The entries VDB-32481, VDB-84870, VDB-84871 and VDB-84872 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source 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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Timelineinfo

09/21/2006 🔍
09/21/2006 +0 days 🔍
09/27/2006 +5 days 🔍
01/06/2007 +101 days 🔍
05/08/2016 +3409 days 🔍
04/09/2025 +3258 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: attrition.org
Researcher: Kacper
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5020 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5020
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84932
X-Force: 29095 - SolidState base_path file include
SecurityFocus: 21934
OSVDB: 31194 - SolidState BrowseAccountsPage.class.php base_path Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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

Created: 05/08/2016 21:16
Updated: 04/09/2025 10:12
Changes: 05/08/2016 21:16 (47), 06/07/2017 14:52 (5), 08/08/2022 13:54 (2), 08/08/2022 13:59 (7), 07/24/2024 06:57 (16), 04/09/2025 10:12 (1)
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