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CVE-2012-6563

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
23/05/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

engine/lib/access.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 does not properly clear cached access lists during plugin boot, which allows remote attackers to read private entities via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.8.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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