OpenCms admin-main.jsp account creation
| opencms-adminmain-account-creation (28003) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
OpenCms could allow a remote attacker to create arbitrary web user accounts. By sending a request to the admin-main.jsp script using the 'path' parameter, a remote authenticated attacker could create arbitrary web user accounts.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.1 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 1.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of OpenCms (6.2.2 or later), available from the OpenCms Web site. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Jul 26 2006 - 09:26:36 CDT: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenCMS.
- OpenCms Web site: opencms.org: OpenCms - The Open Source Content Management System.
- BID-19174: OpenCMS Multiple Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3935: system/workplace/views/admin/admin-main.jsp in Alkacon OpenCms before 6.2.2 does not restrict access to administrator functions, which allows remote authenticated users to (1) send broadcast messages to all users (/workplace/broadcast), (2) list all users (/accounts/users), (3) add webusers (/accounts/webusers/new), (4) upload database import and export files (/database/importhttp), (5) upload arbitrary program modules (/modules/modules_import), and (6) read the log file (/workplace/logfileview) by setting the appropriate value for the path parameter in a direct request to admin-main.jsp.
- SA21193: Alkacon OpenCms Script Insertion and Authentication Bypass
Platforms Affected:
- Alkacon OpenCMS 6..0.3
- Alkacon OpenCMS 6.0.4
- Alkacon OpenCMS 6.2
- Alkacon OpenCMS 6.2.1
Reported:
Jul 26, 2006
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