52236 : NewsHOWLER Multiple Cookie SQL Injection Admin Authentication Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-08-17

Description

NewsHOWLER contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the application not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the news_user and news_password cookies. This may allow an attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to administrator functionality.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Uncoordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-6517 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 30732
ISS X-Force ID: 44519
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-08/0188.html
Vendor URL: http://newshowler.sourceforge.net/

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-03-25 | Disagree?

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