Jax Guestbook 'guestbook.admin.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:37466

Info

Jax Guestbook 'guestbook.admin.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 37466
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2009-4447
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 24 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:05PM
Credit: Sora
Vulnerable: Jax Scripts Jax Guestbook 3.50
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Jax Guestbook 'guestbook.admin.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Jax Guestbook is prone to an authentication-bypass vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to gain administrative access to the affected script and make configuration changes, which may lead to further attacks.

Jax Guestbook 3.50 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Jax Guestbook 'guestbook.admin.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/admin/guestbook/admin/guestbook.admin.php?action=settings&guestbook_id=0&language=english&gmt_ofs=0

Solution / Fix

Jax Guestbook 'guestbook.admin.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].

References

Jax Guestbook 'guestbook.admin.php' Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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