CVE-2009-4851

critical

Description

The activation resend function in the Profiles module in XOOPS before 2.4.1 sends activation codes in response to arbitrary activation requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass administrative approval via a request involving activate.php.

References

http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5096

http://www.xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=319132

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3256

http://secunia.com/advisories/37274

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-05-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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: 0.00264