CVE-2018-19853 Privilege escalation in n/a
A storekeeper can create an administrator account via the user add endpoint, leading to full site control and 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-2018-19853?
CVE-2018-19853 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Dec 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in hitshop through 2014-07-15. There is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability (that allows control over the whole web site) via the admin.php/user/add URI because a storekeeper account (which is supposed to have only privileges for commodity management) can add an administrator account.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19853?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hitshop Project Hitshop.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19853?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-19853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-19853 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19853 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p2wj-vrph-269r.