PT-2010-1659 · Xoops · Xoops

Published 2010-05-07 · Updated 2010-05-13 · CVE-2009-4851

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XOOPS versions prior to 2.4.1

Description The issue concerns the activation resend function in the Profiles module. It allows remote attackers to bypass administrative approval by sending arbitrary activation requests, which results in the system sending activation codes. This is possible due to a flaw in the activate.php endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4.1, update to version 2.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the activate.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-4851

Affected Products

Xoops

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4851 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3256 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37274 · Vendor Advisory
• http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5096 · Patch
• http://xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=319132 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4851 · Note