Description
settings.php in Reamday Enterprises Magic News Plus 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to change the administrator password via a change action that specifies identical values for the passwd and admin_password parameters, then declares the new password string in the new_passwd and confirm_passwd parameters.
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.
Exploit-DB 1
- Magic News Plus 1.0.3 - Admin Pass Change EDB-1410 · webapps · Jan 9, 2006 · verified
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References
- 18601 third-party-advisory
- 16182 vdb-entry
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/MagicNewsPlus-pw-change.pl