CVE-2012-2626

medium

Published 2012-07-31 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

cgi-bin/admin.cgi in the web console in Plixer Scrutinizer (aka Dell SonicWALL Scrutinizer) before 9.5.0 does not require token authentication, which allows remote attackers to add administrative accounts via a userprefs action.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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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

EDB-37549 webapps cgi verified

Mario Ceballos · 2012-07-30

Scrutinizer 9.0.1.19899 - HTTP Authentication Bypass

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/http/scrutinizer_add_user rank 300

Plixer Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer HTTP Authentication Bypass

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
sonicwall	scrutinizer	`{"endExcluding":"9.5.0"}`	`9.5.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.