Miniportal 1.9/2.0/2.1/2.2 Cookie admin.php miniPortailAdmin privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Miniportal 1.9/2.0/2.1/2.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin.php of the component Cookie Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument miniPortailAdmin with the input adminok results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0272. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Miniportal 1.9/2.0/2.1/2.2. It has been classified as very critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the file admin.php of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation of the argument miniPortailAdmin with the input value adminok leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

admin.php in miniPortail allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges by setting the miniPortailAdmin cookie to an "adminok" value.

The weakness was presented 05/27/2003 by Frog Man as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0272 since 05/08/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/17/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11623 (miniPortail admin.php Cookie Manipulation Security Bypass), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11976), Tenable (11623), SecurityFocus (BID 7532†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2980†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 11623
Nessus Name: miniPortail admin.php Cookie Manipulation Security Bypass
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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/08/2003 🔍
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05/12/2003 +4 days 🔍
05/27/2003 +15 days 🔍
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11/26/2003 +183 days 🔍
08/11/2014 +3911 days 🔍
05/17/2019 +1740 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Frog Man
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0272 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0272
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20463
X-Force: 11976
SecurityFocus: 7532 - MiniPortail admin.PHP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2980 - MiniPortail Allows Authentication Weakness, High

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 00:40
Updated: 05/17/2019 09:49
Changes: 08/12/2014 00:40 (65), 05/17/2019 09:49 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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