CVE-2012-6562

medium
Published 2013-05-23 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

engine/lib/users.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 does not properly specify permissions for the useradd action, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary accounts.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/49129

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
elggelgg{"endIncluding":"1.8.4"}
elggelgg1.7.0
elggelgg1.7.1
elggelgg1.7.2
elggelgg1.7.3
elggelgg1.7.4
elggelgg1.7.5
elggelgg1.7.6
elggelgg1.7.7
elggelgg1.7.8
elggelgg1.7.9
elggelgg1.7.10
elggelgg1.7.11
elggelgg1.7.12
elggelgg1.7.13
elggelgg1.7.14
elggelgg1.7.15
elggelgg1.7.16
elggelgg1.7.17
elggelgg1.7.18
elggelgg1.8.0.1
elggelgg1.8.1
elggelgg1.8.3

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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