CVE-2009-2040
Grestul 1.2 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass and Administrative Account Creation via Direct Request
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-2040. PoCs published by ThE g0bL!N.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages an authentication bypass vulnerability in Grestul 1.2 by directly submitting a form to add an admin user without proper authorization checks. The PoC demonstrates how an attacker can create a new admin account by sending a crafted POST request to the vulnerable endpoint.
Description
admin/options.php in Grestul 1.2 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and create administrative accounts via a manage_admin action in a direct request.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages an authentication bypass vulnerability in Grestul 1.2 by directly submitting a form to add an admin user without proper authorization checks. The PoC demonstrates how an attacker can create a new admin account by sending a crafted POST request to the vulnerable endpoint.