# CVE-2012-2670: manageuser.php in Collabtive before 0.7.6 allows remote authenticated users, and possibly unauthenticated attackers, to bypass intended acce

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-06-17 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

manageuser.php in Collabtive before 0.7.6 allows remote authenticated users, and possibly unauthenticated attackers, to bypass intended access restrictions and upload and execute arbitrary files by uploading an avatar file with an accepted Content-Type such as image/jpeg, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in files/standard/avatar.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53813
- http://www.collabtive.o-dyn.de/blog/?p=426
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0007.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76101
- http://xync.org/2012/06/04/Arbitrary-File-Upload-in-Collabtive.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522973/30/0/threaded
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/9

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