CVE-2006-2890 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pixelpost 1-5rc1-2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges and conduct other attacks by setting the _SESSION["pixelpost_admin"] parameter to 1 in calls to admin scripts such as admin/view_info.php.

Published: 2006-06-07

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pixelpost:pixelpost:1.5_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2887	Pixelpost 1-5rc1-2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges and conduct other attacks by setting the _SESSION["pixelpost_admin"] parameter to 1 in calls to admin scripts such as admin/view_info.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01456.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://retrogod.altervista.org/pixelpost_15rc12_xpl.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1061
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016217
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435856/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18276

History

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Subscriptions

Pixelpost Pixelpost

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-06-07T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:06:27.149Z

Reserved: 2006-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2890

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-06-07T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:25:58.900

Link: CVE-2006-2890

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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