Ecartis User Password Reset Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1574

Synopsis

The remote host is running the Ecartis Mailing List Manager web interface (lsg2.cgi).

Description

The remote host is running the Ecartis Mailing List Manager web interface (lsg2.cgi). There is a vulnerability in versions older than version 1.0.0 snapshot 20030227 which allows an attacker to spoof a username while changing passwords, thus potentially gaining control of the mailing list.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0.0 snapshot 20030227 or higher.

See Also

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0358.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-03/0035.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1574

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 11505

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ecartis:ecartis

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0162, CVE-2004-0913

BID: 6971, 11487