Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite newsadmin.asp improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite. This affects an unknown part of the file newsadmin.asp. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-2636. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file newsadmin.asp. 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:

newsadmin.asp in Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the loggedIn cookie to "xY1zZoPQ".

The weakness was released 05/30/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2636 since 05/30/2006. 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 are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:newsadmin.asp 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 (26698) and Secunia (SA20294†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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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: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/26/2006 🔍
05/30/2006 +4 days 🔍
05/30/2006 +0 days 🔍
05/30/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3208 days 🔍
08/06/2017 +878 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2636 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2636
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30461
X-Force: 26698 - NewsCMSLite newsadmin.asp security bypass
Secunia: 20294 - NewsCMSLite Admin Logon Bypass and Database Disclosure, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-1993

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/06/2017 14:40
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (46), 08/06/2017 14:40 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:2C0:103

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