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Improper Access Control

CVE-2016-1178

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

The session management of the comment functionality in appleple a-blog cms 2.6.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain or modify sensitive data via unspecified vectors.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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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

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