CVE-2012-6562 Information

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.

Reference

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