Auth bypass in Grestul
CVE-2009-2040
admin/options.php in Grestul 1.2 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and create administrative accounts via a manage_admin action in a direct request.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Grestul — versions 1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/35367 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50999 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8902 (exploit)