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CVE-2014-1572

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The confirm_create_account function in the account-creation feature in token.cgi in Bugzilla 2.x through 4.0.x before 4.0.15, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.6, and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 does not specify a scalar context for the realname parameter, which allows remote attackers to create accounts with unverified e-mail addresses by sending three realname values with realname=login_name as the second, as demonstrated by selecting an e-mail address with a domain name for which group privileges are automatically granted.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 19, 20, 21
• Mozilla Bugzilla: 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9 (+198)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0412.html
• http://blog.gerv.net/2014/10/new-class-of-vulnerability-in-perl-web-applications/
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142524.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141309.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141321.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/07/20
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128578/Bugzilla-Account-Creation-XSS-Information-Leak.html
• http://www.bugzilla.org/security/4.0.14/
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:200
• http://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=40766
• http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2ihen0/new_class_of_vulnerability_in_perl_web/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030978

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