Description
newsadmin.asp in Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the loggedIn cookie to "xY1zZoPQ".
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
- NewsCMSLite - Insecure Cookie Authentication Bypass EDB-32760 · webapps · Jan 24, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.bugreport.ir/index_62.htm
- 20060524 [KAPDA::#44] - NewsCMSLite Login ByPass by Cookie mailing-list
- http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-332.html
- ADV-2006-1993 vdb-entry
- 20294 third-party-advisory
- 20090127 NewsCMSlite Insecure Cookie Handling mailing-list
- 974 third-party-advisory
- newscmslite-newsadmin-security-bypass(26698) vdb-entry