CVE-2012-6562

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-05-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Elgg: through 1.8.4; 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.7.5 (+16)

References

http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released
http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/49129
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75757
http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released
http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/49129
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75757

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