Help Center Live HTTP client .php scripts security bypass
| helpcenterlive-http-security-bypass (35833) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Help Center Live could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the admin/departments.php and admin/operators.php scripts allowing unrestricted access to logged in users. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an HTTP client to bypass security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to delete administrative users.
Platforms Affected:
- Help Center Live, Help Center Live 2.1.3a
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Help Center Live (2.1.5 or later), available from the SourceForge.net Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
References:
- SourceForge.net, Help Center Live at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93857.
- BID-25225: Help Center Live Administration Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4240: The check_logout function in class/auth.php in Help Center Live (hcl) 2.1.3a sends a redirect to the web browser but does not exit when administrative credentials are missing, which allows remote attackers to delete administrative users and have other unspecified impact via certain requests to (1) admin/departments.php, (2) admin/operators.php, and other unspecified scripts. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- SA26352: Help Center Live Administration Multiple Security Bypass
Reported:
Aug 07, 2007
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