CVE-2012-6562

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6562
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-05-23 15:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionengine/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.0 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.1 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.10 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.11 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.12 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.13 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.14 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.15 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.16 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.17 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.18 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.2 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.3 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.4 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.5 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.6 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.7 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.8 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.7.9 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.8.0.1 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.8.1 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg 1.8.3 All All All
Application Elgg Elgg All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Elgg Blog: Elgg 1.8.5 Released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.elgg.org Vendor Advisory
Elgg Cross Site Scripting and Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
elgg.org/getelgg.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 elgg.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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