Description
PowerUpload 2.4 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via a MIME encoded value of admin for the myadminname cookie.
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
- powerUpload 2.4 - (Authentication Bypass) Insecure Cookie Handling EDB-9219 · webapps · Jul 20, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2009-1962 vdb-entry
- powerupload-cookie-security-bypass(51860) vdb-entry
- 9219 exploit