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Visibility Software Cyber Recruiter authentication bypass vulnerability

Vulnerability Note VU#566894

Original Release Date: 2014-02-03 | Last Revised: 2014-02-03

Overview

Visibility Software Cyber Recruiter fails to prevent unauthenticated users from accessing protected webpages.

Description

CWE-305: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness:

Visibility Software Cyber Recruiter fails to prevent unauthenticated users from accessing protected webpages allowing unauthenticated user to view protected data hosted on the website via the AppSelfService.aspx and AgencyPortal.aspx webpages.

Impact

An unauthenticated attacker can bypass authentication and view protected data hosted on the website via the AppSelfService.aspx and AgencyPortal.aspx webpages.

Solution

Update

The vendor has released Visibility Software Cyber Recruiter 8.1.00 to address this vulnerability. Affected users are advised to upgrade to Visibility Software Cyber Recruiter 8.1.00 or higher.

Vendor Information

566894
 

Visibility Software Affected

Notified:  December 03, 2013 Updated: February 03, 2014

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Vendor References


CVSS Metrics

Group Score Vector
Base 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Temporal 3.6 E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
Environmental 1.0 CDP:L/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Brad Arndt and Michael Ledford for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Michael Orlando.

Other Information

CVE IDs: None
Date Public: 2014-01-27
Date First Published: 2014-02-03
Date Last Updated: 2014-02-03 18:01 UTC
Document Revision: 11

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