Elite News Administrative Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:8216

Info

Elite News Administrative Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8216
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 16 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 16 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Jim Pangalos <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Firestorm Corporation Elite News 1.0.3 Beta
Firestorm Corporation Elite News 1.0.3
Firestorm Corporation Elite News 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Elite News Administrative Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Elite News has been reported prone to an administrative authentication bypass vulnerability.

The issue reportedly presents itself due to a combination of factors; a remote attacker may extract the administrator username by viewing an Elite News script. This username may then be applied in the login page, without requiring a password to authenticate. The attacker may then access other Elite News scripts directly and take actions as the Elite News administrator.

Exploit / POC

Elite News Administrative Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

Elite News Administrative Authentication Bypass 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]>.

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Elite News Administrative Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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