CVE-2016-9482 (GCVE-0-2016-9482)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-13 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI
Title
PHP FormMail Generator generates PHP code for standard web forms, and the code generated is vulnerable to authentication bypass
Summary
Code generated by PHP FormMail Generator may allow a remote unauthenticated user to bypass authentication in the to access the administrator panel by navigating directly to /admin.php?mod=admin&func=panel
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/494015 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94778 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PHP FormMail Generator Affected: 2016-12-06 , < 2016-12-06 (custom)
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Date Public
2016-12-08 00:00
Credits
Thanks to Pouya Darabi for reporting this vulnerability.
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