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7.3	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in AWScripts Gallery Search Engine 1.5 (Photo Gallery Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file AWScripts.com of the component Admin Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The admin interface in AWScripts.com Gallery Search Engine 1.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the awse_logged cookie to 1.

The weakness was released 06/26/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2233 since 06/26/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by TiGeR-Dz and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51276), Exploit-DB (8994) and Secunia (SA35513†).

Productinfo

Type

• Photo Gallery Software

Vendor

• AWScripts

Name

• Gallery Search Engine

Version

• 1.5

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: TiGeR-Dz
Download: 🔍

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0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

06/22/2009 🔍
06/22/2009 +0 days 🔍
06/23/2009 +1 days 🔍
06/26/2009 +3 days 🔍
06/26/2009 +0 days 🔍
06/26/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2090 days 🔍
12/01/2024 +3547 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-2233 (🔍)
X-Force: 51276 - AWScripts Gallery Search Engine cookie security bypass
Secunia: 35513 - AWScripts Gallery Search Engine Insecure Cookie Handling Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-1649

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 11:38 PM
Updated: 12/01/2024 09:50 PM
Changes: 03/17/2015 11:38 PM (51), 12/15/2017 08:21 AM (13), 12/01/2024 09:50 PM (17)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:53F:40

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