Title: XOOPS Profile Activation Security Bypass Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
XOOP is a PHP-based content manager.
XOOPS is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because it fails to properly verify 'activation_type' permissions when resending of activation email is requested. Attackers can exploit the issue to activate a new user without the administrator's approval.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass certain security restrictions.
The issue affects versions prior to XOOPS 2.4.1.
Affected Products:
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.0
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.1
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.10
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.11
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.12
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.12 a
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.13 .1
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.13 .2
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.14
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.15
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.16 core
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.17 1
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.18
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.18.1
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.2
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.3
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.5
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.5 .1
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.5 .2
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.9 .2
- Xoops Xoops 2.0.9 .3
- Xoops Xoops 2.2.1
- Xoops Xoops 2.2.3
- Xoops Xoops 2.2.3 RC1
- Xoops Xoops 2.2.5
- Xoops Xoops 2.3
- Xoops Xoops 2.3.2
- Xoops Xoops 2.3.2b
- Xoops Xoops 2.3.3
- Xoops Xoops 2.4.0
References:
- XOOPS: Profiles Module Activation Vulnerability
- XOOPS: XOOPS 2.4.1 FINAL Is Released
- XOOPS: XOOPS Homepage
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