Sitenews up to 0.11 Beta Authentication function.php GetPassword improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sitenews and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function GetPassword of the file function.php of the component Authentication. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2002-0286. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sitenews. Affected by this vulnerability is the function GetPassword of the file function.php of the component Authentication. 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 GetPassword function in function.php of SiteNews 0.10 and 0.11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and add users by providing a non-existent user name and the MD5 checksum for an empty password to add_user.php, which causes GetPassword to produce and compare a blank password for the non-existent user.

The weakness was disclosed 05/31/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0286. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

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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 (8181) and SecurityFocus (BID 4046†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/07/2002 🔍
05/31/2002 +113 days 🔍
05/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +4424 days 🔍
06/27/2021 +2543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-0286 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0286
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18217
X-Force: 8181 - Sitenews allows remote attacker to create user accounts using GetPassword function
SecurityFocus: 4046 - Sitenews Unauthorized User Addition Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:05
Updated: 06/27/2021 10:41
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:05 (48), 06/07/2018 08:53 (6), 06/27/2021 10:41 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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