CVE-2018-16606: In ProConf before 6.1, an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) allows any author to view and grab all submitted papers (Title and Abstract) and their…

PriorityP340medium6.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRLUINSUCHINAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

5.95%

92.4th percentile

In ProConf before 6.1, an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) allows any author to view and grab all submitted papers (Title and Abstract) and their authors' personal information (Name, Email, Organization, and Position) by changing the value of Paper ID (the pid parameter).

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
proconf	proconf	< 6.1	6.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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