CVE-2012-0239 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass authentication to modify administrative passwords in Advantech WebAccess, leading to full system compromise.

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

What is CVE-2012-0239?

CVE-2012-0239 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Feb 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

uaddUpAdmin.asp in Advantech/BroadWin WebAccess before 7.0 does not properly perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to modify an administrative password via a password-change request.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0239?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Advantech Advantech Webaccess.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0239?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0239 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-2012-0239 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0239 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q7q2-jrfc-2v89.

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