Vulnerability in Elgg

CVE-2012-6562

engine/lib/users.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 does not properly specify permissions for the useradd action, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary accounts.

EPSS: 0.013 (68.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Elgg — versions 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References