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Reamday Enterprises Magic News Password Change Bypass
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18601
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Release Date:
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2006-01-25
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Popularity:
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5,237 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Reamday Enterprises Magic News Lite 1.x
Reamday Enterprises Magic News Plus 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0157
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Description:
cijfer has discovered a vulnerability in Reamday Enterprises Magic News, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
Input passed to the "admin_password" parameter in "settings.php" isn't properly verified before being used to do a password comparison. This can be exploited to change the administrator's password by setting the "new_passwd" and "confirm_passwd" parameters to the new password.
Successful exploitation allows access to the administration section, but requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in Magic News Lite 1.2.3 and has also been reported in Magic News Plus 1.0.3 and prior. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Restrict direct web access to the "settings.php" script (e.g. with .htaccess).
Provided and/or discovered by:
cijfer
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