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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2012-1258 EUVD-2012-1284GHSA-mpqx-63fh-p5mj

cgi-bin/userprefs.cgi in Plixer International Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer before 9.0.1.19899 does not validate user permissions, w…

Published Jan 9, 2020 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

cgi-bin/userprefs.cgi in Plixer International Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer before 9.0.1.19899 does not validate user permissions, which allow remote attackers to add user accounts with administrator privileges via the newuser, pwd, and selectedUserGroup parameters.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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