BlogPHP 2.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BlogPHP 2.0 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-2524. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BlogPHP 2.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

BlogPHP 2.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and post (1) messages or (2) comments as an arbitrary user, via a modified blogphp_username field in a cookie.

The weakness was published 06/03/2008 by David Sopas Ferreira (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2524 since 06/03/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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 (42372), SecurityFocus (BID 29133†) and Secunia (SA30165†). Similar entry is available at VDB-47561. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• BlogPHP

Version

• 2.0

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.7
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/10/2008 🔍
06/03/2008 +24 days 🔍
06/03/2008 +0 days 🔍
06/03/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2477 days 🔍
09/25/2018 +1289 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: David Sopas Ferreira
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-2524 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2524
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42620
X-Force: 42372 - BlogPHP blogphp_username security bypass
SecurityFocus: 29133 - BlogPHP Multiple HTML Injection, Cross-Site Scripting and Cookie Manipulation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30165

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 09/25/2018 13:07
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (47), 09/25/2018 13:07 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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