Description
Jaws 0.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and via an HTTP request to admin.php with the logged cookie set to the MD5 hash of a null password, which is compared against the logged session variable by the logged_on function in application.php.
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
- Jaws 0.2/0.3 - Cookie Manipulation Authentication Bypass EDB-24256 · webapps · Jul 6, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20040706 Multiples vulnerabilities in JAWS mailing-list
- jaws-cookie-bypass-authentication(16622) vdb-entry
- 1010651 vdb-entry
- 10670 vdb-entry
- 7724 vdb-entry