Description
login.php for PHPAuction allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a direct call to login.php with the action parameter set to "insert," which adds the provided username to the adminUsers table.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- phpAuction 1/2 - Unauthorized Administrative Access EDB-21590 · webapps · Jul 2, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 5141 vdb-entry
- http://www.phpauction.org/viewnew.php?id=5
- 20020702 PHPAuction bug mailing-list
- phpauction-admin-account-creation(9462) vdb-entry