Description
accounts/ValidateAnswers in the security-questions implementation in ZOHO ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus before 4.5 Build 4500 makes it easier for remote attackers to reset user passwords, and consequently obtain access to arbitrary user accounts, via a modified (1) Hide_Captcha or (2) quesList parameter in a validateAll action.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus 4.4 - POST Manipulation Security Question EDB-35330 · webapps · Feb 10, 2011 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 43241 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0392 vdb-entry
- 20110210 CORE-2011-0103 - ZOHO ManageEngine ADSelfService multiple vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 8089 third-party-advisory
- adselfservice-pwr-weak-security(65350) vdb-entry
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/zoho-manageengine-vulnerabilities
- 46331 vdb-entry
- 70870 vdb-entry