Xigla Absolute News Feed 1.5 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Xigla Absolute News Feed 1.5. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-6855. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Xigla Absolute News Feed 1.5. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Xigla Software Absolute News Feed 1.0 and possibly 1.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting a certain cookie.

The weakness was disclosed 07/14/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6855 since 07/14/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Hakxer and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 256 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 (46302), Exploit-DB (6901), SecurityFocus (BID 32027†) and Secunia (SA32472†). The entries VDB-48996, VDB-48995, VDB-48994 and VDB-48993 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Xigla

Name

Absolute News Feed

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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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: Highly functional
Author: Hakxer
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/31/2008 🔍
10/31/2008 +0 days 🔍
10/31/2008 +0 days 🔍
07/14/2009 +256 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2072 days 🔍
11/09/2024 +3525 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-6855 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6855
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48987
X-Force: 46302 - Absolute News Feed xlaAFSuser cookie authentication bypass
SecurityFocus: 32027 - Absolute News Feed Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 32472

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

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 11/09/2024 18:42
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (55), 12/12/2017 09:20 (7), 11/09/2024 18:42 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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