PT-2019-9307 · Node.Js · Express-Cart

Patrickrbc · Published 2019-02-01 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-16483

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions express-cart versions 1.1.5 and earlier

Description A deficiency in the access control in the express-cart module allows unprivileged users to add new users to the application as administrators.

Recommendations For express-cart versions 1.1.5 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.1.5 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the user management functionality to prevent unprivileged users from adding new administrators.

Exploit

Fix

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-290

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16483

GHSA-WJ36-V8J4-PC7C

Affected Products

Express-Cart

References · 5

• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/343626 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16483 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wj36-v8j4-pc7c · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16483 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wj36-v8j4-pc7c · Note