# CVE-2011-3667: The User.offer\_account\_by\_email WebService method in Bugzilla 2.x and 3.x before 3.4.13, 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, 3.7.x and 4.0.x befor

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-01-02 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The User.offer_account_by_email WebService method in Bugzilla 2.x and 3.x before 3.4.13, 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.3, and 4.1.x through 4.1.3, when createemailregexp is not empty, does not properly handle user_can_create_account settings, which allows remote attackers to create user accounts by leveraging a token contained in an e-mail message.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0184.html
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.12/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72042
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=711714

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