SB2015092807 - Improper access control in CubeCart

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6928)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

classes/admin.class.php in CubeCart 5.2.12 through 5.2.16 and 6.x before 6.0.7 does not properly validate that a password reset request was made, which allows remote attackers to change the administrator password via a recovery request with a space character in the validate parameter and the administrator email in the email parameter.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133535/CubeCart-6.0.6-Administrative-Bypass.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/40
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034015
• https://forums.cubecart.com/topic/50277-critical-security-issue-admin-account-hijack/