National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2942

Overview

TWiki 4.0.0, 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to gain Twiki administrator privileges via a TWiki.TWikiRegistration form with a modified action attribute that references the Sandbox web instead of the user web, which can then be used to associate the user's login name with the WikiName of a member of the TWikiAdminGroup.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

Successful exploitation requires that the "MapUserToWikiName" setting is enabled.}

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External Source: BID

Name: 18506

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18506

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertTWiki4PrivilegeElevation

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertTWiki4PrivilegeElevation

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016323

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016323

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20596

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20596

External Source: XF

Name: twiki-action-security-bypass(27336)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27336

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2415

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2415

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 26623

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/26623

External Source: VULNWATCH

Name: 20060616 TWiki Security Advisory: Privilege elevation with crafted registration form (CVE-2006-2942)

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0032.html