Collabtive 0.4.8 admin.php improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Collabtive 0.4.8. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin.php. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-6947. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Collabtive 0.4.8. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file admin.php. 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:

Collabtive 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and create new users, including administrators, via unspecified vectors associated with the added mode in a users action to admin.php.

The weakness was disclosed 08/12/2009 by Francesco "aScii" Ongaro (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-6947 since 08/11/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by USH and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 275 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 (46497), Exploit-DB (7076) and SecurityFocus (BID 32229†). The entries VDB-49374, VDB-49373 and VDB-49371 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: USH
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11/10/2008 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Francesco "aScii" Ongaro
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-6947 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6947
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49372
X-Force: 46497 - Collabtive admin.php authentication bypass
SecurityFocus: 32229 - Collabtive Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 11/10/2024 20:38
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (55), 11/21/2018 04:39 (7), 11/10/2024 20:38 (17)
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