CVE-2014-1572 Business logic in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1572?

CVE-2014-1572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The confirm_create_account function in the account-creation feature in token.cgi in Bugzilla 2.x through 4.0.x before 4.0.15, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.6, and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 does not specify a scalar context for the realname parameter, which allows remote attackers to create accounts with unverified e-mail addresses by sending three realname values with realname=login_name as the second, as demonstrated by selecting an e-mail address with a domain name for which group privileges are automatically granted.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1572?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Bugzilla.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1572?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2m62-r3gq-8m9j.