# CVE-2006-2942: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote attackers can escalate privileges to administrator by manipulating the registration form action attribute in TWiki.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w8h3-vpfx-2ggc

## What is CVE-2006-2942?

CVE-2006-2942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2942?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Twiki Twiki.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-2942?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2942 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-2942 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2942 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-5305](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5305/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-1751](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1751/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2005-3056](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3056/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-7236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7236/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2006-6071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6071/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-2942 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-2942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2942 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2942/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2942/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2942
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2942
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-2942

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2942/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.