Elxis CMS 2008.1 PHPSESSID improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Elxis CMS 2008.1 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument PHPSESSID leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-4649. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elxis CMS 2008.1 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument PHPSESSID 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:

Session fixation vulnerability in Elxis CMS 2008.1 revision 2204 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the PHPSESSID parameter.

The weakness was released 10/21/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4649 since 10/21/2008. 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 as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (45868), Exploit-DB (32488) and SecurityFocus (BID 31764†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-44620. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

10/14/2008 🔍
10/21/2008 +7 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2338 days 🔍
06/09/2025 +3737 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4649 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4649
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44621
X-Force: 45868 - Elxis CMS PHPSESSID session hijacking
SecurityFocus: 31764 - Elxis CMS 'index.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting and Session Fixation Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 06/09/2025 05:38
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (51), 10/12/2018 08:13 (4), 06/09/2025 05:38 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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