OpenJournal Authentication Bypassing Vulnerability

BID:9598

Info

OpenJournal Authentication Bypassing Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9598
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 06 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 06 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to "Tri Huynh" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 5
OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 4
OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 3
OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 2
OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 1
OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 0
Not Vulnerable: OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 6

Discussion

OpenJournal Authentication Bypassing Vulnerability

It has been reported that OpenJournal is prone to an authentication bypass vulnerability. This issue is caused by the application failing to properly sanitize URI specified parameters. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to remote attackers gaining unauthorized access to online journal files associated with the application, adding new users to the database as well as a number of other possibilities.

Exploit / POC

OpenJournal Authentication Bypassing Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue. The following URI will allow an attacker to gain access to the software account database:

http://www.test.com/cgi-bin/oj.cgi?db=default&uid=%00&userid=hacker&auth=adduser

Solution / Fix

OpenJournal Authentication Bypassing Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has provided an upgrade to deal with this issue.


OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 4

OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 1

OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 5

OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 3

OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 0

OpenJournal OpenJournal 2.0 2

References

OpenJournal Authentication Bypassing Vulnerability

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