VHCS PHPSESSID session hijacking
| vhcs-phpsessid-session-hijacking (35548) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Virtual Hosting Control System (VHCS) could allow a remote attacker to hijack a valid user's session. User-generated SIDs are accepted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially-crafted Web page containing a malicious PHPSESSID value to hijack a victim's session and gain the victim's privileges, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit a malicious Web page and login to the affected application.
Platforms Affected:
- VHCS, VHCS 2.4.7.1 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jul 20 2007 - 02:02:19 CDT, [MajorSecurity Advisory #51]Virtual Hosting Control System - Session fixation Issue at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-07/0232.html.
- VHCS Web site, VHCS - Virtual Hosting Control System at http://vhcs.net/new/.
- BID-25006: VHCS PHPSessionID Session Fixation Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-3988: Session fixation vulnerability in Virtual Hosting Control System (VHCS) 2.4.7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the PHPSESSID parameter.
- SA26142: VHCS Session Fixation Vulnerability
Reported:
Jul 21, 2007
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