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Improper Access Control

CVE-2016-10223

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in BigTree CMS before 4.2.15. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data in the "id" HTTP GET parameter passed to the "core/admin/adjax/dashboard/check-module-integrity.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published