Improper Privilege Management in Travel Management - #VU19927

 

Improper Privilege Management in Travel Management - #VU19927

Published: August 5, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19927
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privilege on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the missing capability check in the ‘update_option’ function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted AJAX request to the "nd_options_import_settings_php_function" and change the blog settings, for instance the site URL, the admin email address, user roles and capabilities, or give administrator privilege to any new registered user. 



Affected software

Travel Management

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Travel Management - update to 1.6.1

External References

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