XAMPP Insecure Default Password Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:13131

Info

XAMPP Insecure Default Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13131
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1078
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 12 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 12:56PM
Credit: Morning Wood <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of these issues.
Vulnerable: XAMPP Apache Distribution for Solaris 0.3
XAMPP Apache Distribution for Solaris 0.2
XAMPP Apache Distribution for Solaris 0.1
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.13
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.12
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.11
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.10 a
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.10
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.9
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.8
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.7
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.6
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.5
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.4
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.3
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.2
XAMPP Apache Distribution 1.4.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

XAMPP Insecure Default Password Disclosure Vulnerability

An insecure default password disclosure vulnerability affects XAMPP. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly secure access to default passwords.

An attacker may leverage this issue to gain access to the default passwords for many utilities installed by the affected application, including the MySQL 'root' user, the phpMyAdmin 'pma' user, the FTP 'nobody' user and the Tomcat administrator.

Exploit / POC

XAMPP Insecure Default Password Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue. The following URI will be available by default on affected computers:

http://www.example.com/xampp/security.php

Solution / Fix

XAMPP Insecure Default Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

XAMPP Insecure Default Password Disclosure Vulnerability

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