CVE-2012-6562: Elgg

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

engine/lib/users.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 does not properly specify permissions for the useradd action, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary accounts.

Affected products

• Elgg Elgg: up to and including 1.8.4; version 1.7.0 only; version 1.7.1 only; version 1.7.2 only; version 1.7.3 only; version 1.7.4 only; …

Published 2013-05-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.