SmartSiteCMS admin.php authentication bypass
| smartsitecms-admin-auth-bypass (28299) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SmartSiteCMS could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the application, caused by a vulnerability in the admin.php script. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted userName cookie in an HTTP POST request to admin.php.
Platforms Affected:
- Lobsterweb Design Services, SmartSiteCMS 1.0
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Aug 09 2006 - 00:10:11 CDT, SmartSiteCMS v1.0 authentication bypass at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-08/0229.html.
- SmartSite CMS Web site, SmartSite CMS v1.0 at http://www.smartsitecms.net/.
- BID-19434: SmartSiteCMS Admin.PHP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-7074: admin.php in SmartSiteCMS 1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the userName cookie.
- SA20769: SmartSiteCMS Authentication Bypass and File Inclusion
Reported:
Aug 09, 2006
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