CVE-2009-2040

Grestul 1.2 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass and Administrative Account Creation via Direct Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation 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)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by ThE g0bL!N · htmlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8902

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.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Grestul 1.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target admin panel URL
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35367
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50999
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8902

Scores

EPSS 0.0293
EPSS Percentile 85.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
grestul/grestul 1.2
Published Jun 12, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026