Account takeover via attacker-controlled login parameters
Published Mar 16, 2022 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Improper authentication in MacCMS 10.0 allows remote attackers to assume any user account through its public web login endpoint. The /index.php/user/login handler trusts attacker-controlled col and openid parameters, allowing col=user_id and a chosen identifier to replace password authentication. No prior account or user interaction is required; successful exploitation creates a session as the selected user and grants that account's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication in MacCMS 10.0 allows remote attackers to assume any user account through its public web login endpoint. The /index.php/user/login handler trusts attacker-controlled col and openid parameters, allowing col=user_id and a chosen identifier to replace password authentication. No prior account or user interaction is required; successful exploitation creates a session as the selected user and grants that account's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-45786
- Published
- Mar 16, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 16, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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