Magic News Lite profile.php unauthorized access
| magicnewslite-profile-access (24610) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Magic News Lite could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the application. If register_globals is enabled, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the profile.php script using the $action, $passwd, $admin_password, $new_passwd, or $confirm_passwd variable to bypass authentication and make unauthorized configuration changes.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.3 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- eVuln Advisory EV0072: Magic News Lite PHP Code Execution & Unauthorized Data Modification.
- Reamday Enterprises Web site: Magic News Lite.
- BID-16665: Multiple Reamday Enterprises Products Multiple Variable Overwrite Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0724: profile.php in Reamday Enterprises Magic News Lite 1.2.3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify program behavior, potentially bypassing authentication controls, via modified (1) action, (2) passwd, (3) admin_password, (4) new_passwd, and (5) confirm_passwd variables, which are not initialized.
- SA18878: Magic News Lite File Inclusion and Profile Update Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0603: Magic News Lite File Inclusion and Information Manipulation Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Reamday Enterprises Magic News Lite 1.2.3
Reported:
Feb 09, 2006
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