Xigla Absolute News Manager.NET 5.1 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Xigla Absolute News Manager.NET 5.1. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-6856. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Xigla Absolute News Manager.NET 5.1. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Xigla Software Absolute News Manager.NET 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting a cookie to a certain value.

The weakness was presented 07/14/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-6856 since 07/14/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit 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 (46301), Exploit-DB (6900), SecurityFocus (BID 32024†) and Secunia (SA32472†). See VDB-48996, VDB-48995, VDB-48994 and VDB-48993 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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10/31/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2072 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-6856 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6856
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48988
X-Force: 46301 - Absolute News Manager .NET cookie security bypass
SecurityFocus: 32024 - Absolute News Manager .Net Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 32472 - Xigla Software Absolute Products Insecure Cookie Handling Security Bypass, Moderately Critical

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 (50), 12/11/2017 12:00 (11), 11/09/2024 18:42 (22)
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