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Improper Authentication

CVE-2011-5090

Medium
6.4/10

Summary

GR Board (aka grboard) 1.8.6.5 Community Edition does not require authentication for certain database actions, which allows remote attackers to modify or delete data via a request to (1) mod_rewrite.php, (2) comment_write_ok.php, (3) poll/index.php, (4) update/index.php, (5) trackback.php, or (6) an arbitrary poll.php script under theme/.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published