Flip account.php unauthorized access
| flip-account-unauthorized-access (36709) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Flip could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system. By sending a specially-crafted request to the account.php script using the op parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create an admin account and gain unauthorized admin privileges on the application.
Platforms Affected:
- FLIP, Flip 3.0 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 13, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- SourceForge.net, SourceForge.net: Flip at http://sourceforge.net/projects/flipsource.
- BID-25746: Flip Unauthorized Administrative Account Creation Security Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5062: account.php in Adam Scheinberg Flip 3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to create administrative accounts via the un parameter in a register action.
Reported:
Sep 20, 2007
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