Improper Authentication in CRE Loaded - CVE-2009-5076
Published: June 8, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44996
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-2009-5076
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: CRE Loaded
Affected software:
CRE Loaded
CRE Loaded
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
CRE Loaded before 6.2.14, and possibly other versions before 6.3.x, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges via a request with (1) login.php or (2) password_forgotten.php appended as the PATH_INFO, which bypasses a check that uses PHP_SELF, which is not properly handled by (a) includes/application_top.php and (b) admin/includes/application_top.php, as exploited in the wild in 2009.
How to mitigate CVE-2009-5076
Install update from vendor's website.