WebGUI < 7.4.18 Secondary Admin Remote Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4315

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a remote 'privilege escalation' flaw.

Description

The remote host is running WebGUI, a content management framework. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a flaw where an authenticated 'secondary admin' user can bypass security restrictions and gain administrative ability to add and modify user accounts. This would include the ability to create administrative accounts. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need a valid 'secondary admin' account.

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.4.18 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4315

Family: CGI

Published: 12/14/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

BID: 26873

Detections

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