Improper access control in CubeCart - CVE-2015-6928
Published: September 28, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40646
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6928
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: CubeCart
Affected software:
CubeCart
CubeCart
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6928
Install update from vendor's website.