CVE-2006-1620

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-04-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

admin/accounts/AccountActions.asp in Hosting Controller 2002 RC 1 allows remote attackers to modify passwords of other users, probably via an "Update User" ActionType with a modified UserName parameter and the PassCheck parameter set to TRUE. It was later reported that the vulnerability is present in 6.1 Hotfix 3.3 and earlier.

Affected products

Hosting Controller: through 6.1_hotfix_3.3; 2002_rc_1

References

http://hostingcontroller.com/english/logs/Post-Hotfix-3_3-sec-Patch-ReleaseNotes.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28973
http://www.osvdb.org/24773
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429731/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485028/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26862
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25673
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39038
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4730
http://hostingcontroller.com/english/logs/Post-Hotfix-3_3-sec-Patch-ReleaseNotes.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28973
http://www.osvdb.org/24773

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