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Free Hosting Manager Insecure Cookie Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31383
Release Date: 2008-08-07
Last Update: 2008-08-13
Popularity: 1,269 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Free Hosting Manager 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-3557


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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