Unauthenticated administrator creation via unchecked AddFirstUser
Published Jun 29, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
Improper privilege management in Teleopti WFM 7.1.0 allows remote attackers to create an administrator account without authentication. The Administration AddFirstUser endpoint accepts new-user details without verifying that an administrator already exists in the database. Direct network access to the endpoint is sufficient to establish a new account with full administrative access.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in Teleopti WFM 7.1.0 allows remote attackers to create an administrator account without authentication. The Administration AddFirstUser endpoint accepts new-user details without verifying that an administrator already exists in the database. Direct network access to the endpoint is sufficient to establish a new account with full administrative access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2017-20111
- Published
- Jun 29, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Teleopti
- Product
- Teleopti WFM
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1136
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 29, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=7.1.0
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Public exploit references
- AddFirstUser unauthenticated administrator creation proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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