PT-2012-4742 · Ushahidi · Ushahidi Platform

Kees Cook · Published 2012-08-12 · Updated 2012-08-13 · CVE-2012-3473

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ushahidi Platform versions prior to 2.5

Description The issue concerns the Ushahidi Platform, where the reports API and administration feature in the comments API do not require authentication. This allows remote attackers to generate reports and organize comments via API functions.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5, update to version 2.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3473

Affected Products

Ushahidi Platform

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/13ca6f4 · Exploit
• https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/f67f4ad · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3473 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3473 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/5 · Note