SH-News 'action.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	29725
Class:	Access Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-6664
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 16 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:28PM
Credit:	Virangar Security Team
Vulnerable:	Yarck.de SH-News 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

SH-News 'action.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

SH-News is prone to an authentication-bypass vulnerability because it fails to adequately verify user-supplied input used for cookie-based authentication.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain administrative access to the affected application; other attacks are also possible.

SH-News 3.0 is affected; other versions may also be vulnerable.

SH-News 'action.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this issue through a browser.

The following example code is available:

javascript:document.cookie = "shuser=1; path=/"; document.cookie = "shpass=1; path=/";

SH-News 'action.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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

SH-News 'action.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• SH-News Homepage (Yarck.de)
  
• Yarck.de Homepage (Yarck.de)