Mensajeitor Authentication Flaw Yields Administrative Privileges to Remote Users
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1010796
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1010796
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CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 28 2004
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Impact: User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Exploit Included: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.8.9 r1 and prior versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mensajeitor (mensajeitor.php). A remote user can gain administrative access on the application.
Jordi Corrales of Shell Security (shellsec.net) reported that a remote user can submit a specially crafted HTTP POST request with
'AdminNick' set to 'si' to gain administrative privileges on Mensajeitor.
The original advisory is available at:
http://www.shellsec.net/leer_advisory.php?id=4
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Impact: A remote user can gain administrative privileges on the application.
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Solution: No vendor solution was available at the time of this entry.
The author of the report indicates that you can add the following
lines as a temporary workaround:
if ($cadena_final) { unset($cadena_final); }
(before $nick = htmlspecialchars($nick);)
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Vendor URL: www.mensajeitor.com/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Authentication error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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