CVE-2009-3168 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mevin Productions Basic PHP Events Lister 2.0 does not properly restrict access to (1) admin/reset.php and (2) admin/user_add.php, which allows remote authenticated users to reset administrative passwords or add administrators via a direct request.

Published: 2009-09-11

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mevin:basic_php_events_lister:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00899.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/36525
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9558
http://www.osvdb.org/57595
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36198
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2497

History

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mevin Basic Php Events Lister

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-09-11T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-21T16:10:57.180Z

Reserved: 2009-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3168

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:14:56.505Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-11T20:30:00.877

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-3168

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-862

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