PHP Jabbers Post Comment 2.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PHP Jabbers Post Comment 2.0. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4721. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHP Jabbers Post Comment 2.0 (Programming Language Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. 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:

PHP Jabbers Post Comment 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the PostCommentsAdmin cookie to "logged."

The weakness was disclosed 10/23/2008 by Crackers_child (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4721 since 10/23/2008. 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Crackers_Child and been published before and not just after the advisory. 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 24 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (45503), Exploit-DB (6625), SecurityFocus (BID 31467†) and Secunia (SA27991†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Crackers_Child
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/29/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2336 days 🔍
11/05/2024 +3521 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: Crackers_child
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4721 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4721
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44687
X-Force: 45503 - Post Comments PostCommentsAdmin security bypass
SecurityFocus: 31467 - PHPJabbers Post Comments Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 27991 - Post Comments Script "PostCommentsAdmin" Cookie Security Bypass, Moderately Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/05/2024 15:41
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (49), 12/05/2017 08:12 (17), 11/05/2024 15:41 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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