dotproject specially-crafted cookie could allow administrative access
| dotproject-admin-access (9720) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
dotproject could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized administrative access to the system. A remote attacker can send a specially-crafted cookie to bypass authentication and login as an administrator.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy is available as of July 2002.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Jul 28 2002 - 22:19:14 CDT : php dotProject by pass authentication .
- dotmarketing.org Web site: ::dotmarketing.org::.
- BID-5347: DotProject User Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1428: index.php in dotProject 0.2.1.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a cookie or URL with the user_cookie parameter set to 1.
- OSVDB ID: 3591: dotProject User Cookie Authentication Bypass
Platforms Affected:
- dotmarketing dotProject 0.2.1.5
Reported:
Jul 28, 2002
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