Hosting Controller <= 6.1 Hotfix 3.1 Authenticated User Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21736

Synopsis

The remote web server contains an ASP application that suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

According to its version number, the installation of Hosting Controller on the remote host enables any authenticated user to gain host admin privileges and view all his resellers and change their passwords.

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.1 if necessary and apply Hotfix 3.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21736

File Name: hosting_controller_61_31.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/21/2006

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3147

BID: 18565

Detections

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