Jaws 0.2/0.3 admin.php logged_on session cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jaws 0.2/0.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is the function logged_on of the file admin.php. Such manipulation of the argument session leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2004-2443. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Adding more authentication is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Jaws 0.2/0.3. Affected by this issue is the function logged_on of the file admin.php. The manipulation of the argument session with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Jaws 0.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and via an HTTP request to admin.php with the logged cookie set to the MD5 hash of a null password, which is compared against the logged session variable by the logged_on function in application.php.

The bug was discovered 07/06/2004. The weakness was published 07/12/2004 by Fernando Quintero (Website). The advisory is available at securiteam.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2443 since 08/20/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16198 (JAWS index.php gadget Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12085 (JAWS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities).

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16622), Exploit-DB (24256), Tenable (16198), SecurityFocus (BID 10670†) and OSVDB (7724†). Similar entries are available at VDB-23332 and VDB-23331. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 16198
Nessus Name: JAWS index.php gadget Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Recommended: Authentication
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securiteam.com⛔
Researcher: Fernando Quintero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2443 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2443
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23330
X-Force: 16622
SecurityFocus: 10670 - JAWS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 7724 - JAWS Cookie Manipulation Authentication Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1010651
Vulnerability Center: 11585 - Jaws 0.3 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 07/05/2025 22:22
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (77), 06/18/2019 18:21 (1), 07/01/2021 07:13 (3), 03/20/2025 21:36 (17), 07/05/2025 22:22 (2)
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