Xerox Document Centre Authentication Bypass

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2698

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a flaw that allows for the bypassing of authentication.

Description

The remote host is running Xerox Document Centre, an administrative, web-based GUI to a Xerox device. This version is reportedly prone to a remote authentication bypass attack. While there are no details currently available, it is believed that remote anonymous users may be able to subvert the authentication mechanism in such a way as to gain administrative access to all or portions of the web server.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2698

Family: Generic

Published: 3/11/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 18258

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:xerox:document_centre

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1936

BID: 12783

Detections

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