CVE-2018-20778

admin/?/plugin/filemanager in Frog CMS 0.9.5 allows XSS by creating a new file containing a crafted attribute of an IMG element...

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in express-cart

A deficiency in the access control in module express-cart =1.1.5 allows unprivileged users to add new users to the application as administrators...

DDoS Attacks in Q4 2018

News overview In Q4 2018, security researchers detected a number of new botnets, which included not only Mirai clones for a change. The fall saw increased activity on the part of the Chalubo bot, whose first attacks were registered in late August. Although the new malware employs snippets of Mira...

CVE-2019-7566

CSZ CMS 1.1.8 contains a CSRF vulnerability in the admin/users/new/add flow. Root cause: improper CSRF protection in the user-creation endpoint. Impact per CVSS3 is HIGH (C/H, I/H, A/H) with NETWORK attack vector, LOW attack complexity, NONE privileges, UI required; authenticated user interaction...

The vulnerability of the account management utility for the Shadow operating system in Astra Linux, which allows a hacker to trigger a service failure

The vulnerability of the account management utility for the Shadow operating system Astra Linux relates to the incorrect assignment of the permission level during user creation. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker with privileged user rights to block access for newly created users...

February 12, 2019—KB4487695 Update for Windows 10 Mobile (OS Build 15254.552)

February 12, 2019—KB4487695 Update for Windows 10 Mobile OS Build 15254.552 Improvements and fixes This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include: This build includes all the improvements from KB4487020. If you...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7352

Self - Stored Cross Site Scripting XSS exists in ZoneMinder through 1.32.3, as the view 'state' aka Run State state.php does no input validation to the value supplied to the 'New State' aka newState field, allowing an attacker to execute HTML or JavaScript code...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7343

Reflected - Cross Site Scripting XSS exists in ZoneMinder through 1.32.3, allowing an attacker to execute HTML or JavaScript code via a vulnerable 'newMonitorMethod' parameter value in the view monitor monitor.php because proper filtration is omitted...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-7349

Reflected Cross Site Scripting XSS exists in ZoneMinder through 1.32.3, allowing an attacker to execute HTML or JavaScript code via a vulnerable 'newMonitorV4LCapturesPerFrame' parameter value in the view monitor monitor.php because proper filtration is omitted...

Facebook's New Privacy Hires

The Wired headline sums it up nicely -- "Facebook Hires Up Three of Its Biggest Privacy Critics": In December, Facebook hired Nathan White away from the digital rights nonprofit Access Now, and put him in the role of privacy policy manager. On Tuesday of this week, lawyers Nate Cardozo, of the...

A week in security (January 28 – February 3)

Last week, we ran another in our interview with a malware hunter series, explained a FaceTime vulnerability, and took a deep dive into a new stealer. We also threw some light on a Houzz data breach, and what exactly happened between Apple and Facebook. Other cybersecurity news Kwik Fit hit by...

UPDATE: Buscador Version 2.0

PenTestIT RSS Feed I briefly mentioned about Buscador in my previous post titled - List of Operating Systems for OSINT Open-Source Intelligence. A few days ago, an updated - Buscador Version 2.0 was made available by the author. This post is about the changes made in the latest version. What is...

iPhone FaceTime Vulnerability

This is kind of a crazy iPhone vulnerability: it's possible to call someone on FaceTime and listen on their microphone -- and see from their camera -- before they accept the call. This is definitely an embarrassment, and Apple was right to disable Group FaceTime until it's fixed. But it's hard to...

Apple Disables Group FaceTime Following Major Privacy Glitch

Apple has made Group FaceTime temporarily unavailable following a major flaw discovered on Monday evening. The bug allows anyone with iOS to FaceTime other iOS users and listen in on their private conversations – without the user on other end rejecting or accepting the call. The bug makes use of ...

Improper access control

Incorrect access control in miglaajaxfunctions.php in the Calmar Webmedia Total Donations plugin through 2.0.5 for WordPress allows unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary WordPress option values, leading to site takeover. These attackers can send requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php to call...

CVE-2019-6703

CVE-2019-6703 affects the Total Donations WordPress plugin (up to 2.0.5/2.0.6) via an incorrect access control in migla_ajax_functions.php. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to call miglaA_update_me through wp-admin/admin-ajax.php and modify arbitrary WordPress option values, enabling ac...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-3867-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3867-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS...

USN-3867-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.25. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features,...

Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC) 8.16 New Features

This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform VM, PC, version 8.16, contains several new improvements in Qualys Vulnerability Management and Qualys Policy Compliance, which includes new password security option, increased limit for virtual hosts that can be added to a subscription, added support...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...