CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-4813

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

NetCommons version 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated secretariat (aka CLERK) users to gain privileges by creating a SYSTEM_ADMIN account.

Risk Assessment

Allowing unauthorized users to gain administrator privileges can lead to serious security breaches and loss of control over the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update NetCommons to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to secretariat user accounts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

NetCommons 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated secretariat (aka CLERK) users to gain privileges by creating a SYSTEM_ADMIN account.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS