Apachefriends xampp 1.6.8 htaccess cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apachefriends xampp 1.6.8. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component htaccess. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-6498. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apachefriends xampp 1.6.8. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component htaccess. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change a certain .htaccess password via the xampppasswd parameter.

The weakness was presented 03/19/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-6498 since 03/19/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Michael Brooks 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 101 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 (47201), Exploit-DB (7384) and Secunia (SA32134†). See VDB-44352 and VDB-47214 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Michael Brooks
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OpenVAS ID: 900527
OpenVAS Name: XAMPP Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-6498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47213
X-Force: 47201 - XAMPP xamppsecurity.php cross-site request forgery
Secunia: 32134 - XAMPP Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery Vulnerabilities, Less Critical

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

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 11/16/2024 05:46
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (52), 11/02/2018 08:27 (14), 11/16/2024 05:46 (17)
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