CVE-2006-2942
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…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 1.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 24% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- 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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2939 (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)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-2942)Record last updated .