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phpauction Admin Authentication Bypass

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Web application abuses

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

18 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is running phpauction prior or equal to 2.0 (or a modified version). There is a flaw when handling cookie-based authentication credentials which may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized administrative access to the auction system.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to a version > 2.0 of this software and/or restrict access rights to the administrative directory using .htaccess.