VideoScript 4.0.1.50 admin/cp.php improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in VideoScript 4.0.1.50. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file admin/cp.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The password change feature (admin/cp.php) in VideoScript 4.0.1.50 and earlier does not check for administrative authentication and does not require knowledge of the original password, which allows remote attackers to change the admin account password via modified npass and npass1 parameters.

The bug was discovered 11/15/2008. The weakness was shared 11/17/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5219 since 11/25/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/cp.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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11/15/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2303 days 🔍
08/03/2021 +2331 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-5219 (🔍)
Secunia: 32718 - VideoScript Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 49885 - VideoScript admin/cp.php Direct Request Admin Password Manipulation

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 09:52
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (47), 08/14/2017 09:13 (9), 08/03/2021 09:52 (3)
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