TWiki 4.0.0, 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to gain Twiki administrator privileges via a TWiki.TWikiRegistration form with a…

Description

TWiki 4.0.0, 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to gain Twiki administrator privileges via a TWiki.TWikiRegistration form with a modified action attribute that references the Sandbox web instead of the user web, which can then be used to associate the user's login name with the WikiName of a member of the TWikiAdminGroup.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 26623 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20596 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• twiki-action-security-bypass(27336) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2006-2415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1016323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertTWiki4PrivilegeElevation (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 18506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20060616 TWiki Security Advisory: Privilege elevation with crafted registration form (CVE-2006-2942) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-2942](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-2942.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-2942)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:06 UTC.