CVE-2006-1620

critical

Description

admin/accounts/AccountActions.asp in Hosting Controller 2002 RC 1 allows remote attackers to modify passwords of other users, probably via an "Update User" ActionType with a modified UserName parameter and the PassCheck parameter set to TRUE. It was later reported that the vulnerability is present in 6.1 Hotfix 3.3 and earlier.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4730

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39038

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25673

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26862

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485028/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429731/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/24773

http://secunia.com/advisories/28973

http://hostingcontroller.com/english/logs/Post-Hotfix-3_3-sec-Patch-ReleaseNotes.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-04-05

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00851