Title: Philboard philboard_admin.ASP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
philboard is a web-based forum implemented using ASP script.
A vulnerability has been discovered in the 'philboard_admin.asp' script used by philboard. The problem occurs during authentication and may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized administrative access.
After legitimate authentication occurs, the 'philboard_admin.asp' script creates a cookie on the host's machine containing the 'philboard_admin=True' or 'admin=True' string. When the administrator authenticates again at a later time, the 'philboard_admin.asp' script attempts to identify the 'philboard_admin=True' or 'admin=True' string, before verifying the supplied password. If the string is found, the user will be successfully authenticated.
An attacker may be able to exploit this issue by constructing a malicious cookie containing the 'philboard_admin=True' or 'admin=True' string. When attempting to login to philboard as an administrator, the 'philboard_admin.asp' script will identify the string and authenticate the unauthorized user.
By gaining administrative access an attacker may be capable of carrying out a variety of attacks.
It should be noted that although this vulnerability has been reported to affect philboard version 1.14 previous versions might also be affected.
Affected Products:
- Philboard philboard 1.14.0
References:
- Philboard: Philboard Forum Homepage
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