1911 : Mambo Open Source index2.php Administrator Password Bypass
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8 months ago

Percent Complete

75%

Disclosure

Jul 24, 2001

Discovery

Jul 24, 2001

Dates

Exploit

Jul 24, 2001

Solution

Unknown

Description

index2.php in Mambo Site Server allows remote attackers to gain Mambo administrator privileges by setting the PHPSESSID parameter and providing the appropriate administrator information in other parameters.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
OSVDB: Web Related

Technical

Mambo Server 3.0.0 through 3.0.5 stored the global variables insecurely. Versions 3.x are no longer supported. The current version as of December, 2003 is 4.0.14, with 4.5 rc4 available.

Solution

Upgrade to version 4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Mambo Open Source	Mambo Server	3.0
		3.0.1
		3.0.2
		3.0.3
		3.0.4
		3.0.5

References

Bugtraq ID: 3093
CERT VU: 847803
Generic Exploit URL: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0569.html
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0107-exploits/mambo_advisorie.txt
ISS X-Force ID: 6910
CVE ID: 2001-1011 (see also: NVD)
Vendor URL: http://www.mamboserver.com/

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