CVE-2009-5076

Published Jun 8, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-5031 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.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 4:17 PM
Reserved
Jun 7, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 8, 2011, 10:36 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:14 PM