Graugon PHP Article Publisher 1.0 admin.php improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Graugon PHP Article Publisher 1.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file admin.php. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-4808. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Graugon PHP Article Publisher 1.0 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file admin.php. 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. The summary by CVE is:

admin.php in Graugon PHP Article Publisher 1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access by setting the g_admin cookie to 1.

The weakness was shared 04/23/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-4808 since 04/23/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by x0r 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 417 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.

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 (49034), Exploit-DB (8133), SecurityFocus (BID 33952†) and Secunia (SA34126†). The entry VDB-52888 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: x0r
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03/02/2009 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-4808 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4808
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52889
X-Force: 49034 - Graugon PHP Article Publisher admin.php security bypass
SecurityFocus: 33952 - Graugon PHP Article Publisher SQL Injection and Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34126 - Graugon PHP Article Publisher Authentication Bypass and SQL Injection, Moderately Critical

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

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22 PM
Updated: 11/24/2024 02:35 PM
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 PM (54), 01/01/2018 09:56 AM (13), 11/24/2024 02:35 PM (17)
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