Privilege escalation from user with "add user" to super admin in thorsten/phpmyfaq

Valid

Reported on

Feb 14th 2023


Description

Before I created this submission, I read this report: https://huntr.dev/bounties/258cd498-7275-4b12-ac73-79c9ba3e58e4/. I was afraid that my submission would be a duplicate of that. After reading it carefully, I decided to make a report because my report is not exploiting the backup file feature, but it pure from an admin mistake.

Proof of Concept

1. Login with user who have user right to add user
2.Login with user who can only add user
3.Add Super Admin

See somethings wrong? yups.

It's very funny that someone with only add user rights can make a super admin. It's like a lower role can elevate themselves to a higher role.

Impact

privilege escalation

We are processing your report and will contact the thorsten/phpmyfaq team within 24 hours. 7 months ago
isdkrisna
7 months ago

Researcher


POC in Video >>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/18X2m_NVBfluah93cK4ZLnJt7UtpG5kVS/view?usp=share_link

thorsten/phpmyfaq maintainer has acknowledged this report 7 months ago
Thorsten Rinne validated this vulnerability 7 months ago
isdkrisna has been awarded the disclosure bounty
The fix bounty is now up for grabs
The researcher's credibility has increased: +7
Thorsten Rinne gave praise 7 months ago
You're right, there's a missing check
The researcher's credibility has slightly increased as a result of the maintainer's thanks: +1
Thorsten Rinne marked this as fixed in 3.1.12 with commit ae6c1d 7 months ago
Thorsten Rinne has been awarded the fix bounty
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE
This vulnerability is scheduled to go public on Mar 31st 2023
Thorsten Rinne published this vulnerability 6 months ago
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