Phphq phShoutBox Final up to 1.5 admin.php _post improper authentication
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Phphq phShoutBox Final up to 1.5. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the file admin.php. The manipulation of the argument _post
with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
phShoutBox Final 1.5 and earlier only checks passwords when specified in $_POST, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by setting the (1) phadmin cookie to admin.php, or (2) in 1.4 and earlier, the ssbadmin cookie to shoutadmin.php.
The weakness was shared 04/27/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1971 since 04/27/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed by t0pP8uZz and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41901) and Exploit-DB (5467).
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploiting
Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: t0pP8uZz
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/18/2008 🔍04/18/2008 🔍
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03/16/2015 🔍
11/19/2017 🔍
Sources
Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-1971 (🔍)
X-Force: 41901 - phShoutBox admin.php security bypass
SecurityFocus: 28856 - phShoutBox Cookie Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 29892 - phShoutBox "phadmin" Security Bypass Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 11/19/2017 10:14
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (52), 11/19/2017 10:14 (14)
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