Silent Storm Portal profile.php allows administrative privileges
| silent-storm-gain-admin (17555) |  High Risk |
Description:
Silent Storm Portal could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges, caused by improper filtering of user-supplied input by the profile.php script. By supplying a specially-crafted email address, a remote authenticated attacker could modify the privilege value from '2' to '1' to gain administrative account privileges.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
No remedy available as of February 6, 2010.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Sep 30 2004 - 06:57:54 CDT: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Silent Storm Portal.
- Silent Storm Web site: Silent Storm Portal.
- BID-11284: Silent-Storm Portal Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1567: profile.php in Silent Storm Portal 2.1 and 2.2 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by setting the mail parameter to 1, which is the value for an administrator.
- SA12704: Silent Storm Portal Cross-Site Scripting and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1011470: Silent Storm Portal Input Validation Errors Let Remote Users Gain Administrative Privileges and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Platforms Affected:
- gannon_03 Silent Storm Portal 2.1
- gannon_03 Silent Storm Portal 2.2
Reported:
Sep 30, 2004
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