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Free Hosting Manager Insecure Cookie Handling Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31383
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Release Date:
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2008-08-07
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Last Update:
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2008-08-13
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Popularity:
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1,269 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: | Free Hosting Manager 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3557
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Description:
lvlr-Erfan has discovered a vulnerability in Free Hosting Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to improper access restrictions when accessing the administration interface. This can be exploited to bypass the authentication mechanism and gain access to the administration section by setting the "adminuser" and "loggedin" cookies to "1".
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Restrict access to the "admin" directory (e.g. via ".htaccess").
Provided and/or discovered by:
lvlr-Erfan, Scary-Boys
Changelog:
2008-08-13: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6213
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