26623 : TWiki Registration Crafted form Element Account Hijack
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8 months ago

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Disclosure
Jun 17, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Jun 17, 2006

Solution
Unknown

Description

 TWiki contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain administrator privileges. The issue is caused due to an error in the registration process that can be exploited by changing the action attribute of the form element to the Sandbox web. It is possible that the flaw may allow a user to gain privileges of another user resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Available
OSVDB: Web Related

Technical

 Successful exploitation requires that the 'MapUserToWikiName' setting is enabled.

Solution

 Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, TWiki has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products
TWiky
Watch-list
TWiky
Watch-list
 4.0.0
4.0.1
4.0.2

References

Credit
  • Harald Joerg - Twiky

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