PT-2015-6390 · Acunetix · Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner

Daniele Linguaglossa · Published 2015-12-17 · Updated 2020-08-03 · CVE-2015-4027

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) versions prior to 10 build 20151125

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a command parameter in the reporttemplate property in a params JSON object to the "api/addScan" API endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10 build 20151125, update to a version newer than 10 build 20151125 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "api/addScan" API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the reporttemplate property in the params JSON object until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-4027

Affected Products

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner

References · 4

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134602/Acunetix-WVS-10-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38847 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4027 · Security Note
• https://acunetix.com/blog/releases/acunetix-10-build-includes-security-checks-in-cors-configurations · Vendor Advisory