CVE-2006-4586 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can bypass authentication in Tr Forum admin panel to modify user settings and passwords, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-4586?

CVE-2006-4586 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Sep 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The admin panel in Tr Forum 2.0 accepts a username and password hash for authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to perform unauthorized actions, as demonstrated by modifying user settings via the id parameter to /membres/modif_profil.php, and changing a password via /membres/change_mdp.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged with other Tr Forum vulnerabilities to allow unauthenticated attackers to gain privileges.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4586?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tr Forum Tr Forum.

How do I fix CVE-2006-4586?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4586 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2006-4586 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-4586 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7mxv-wg42-xmh4.

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