Password Protector SD Cookie Handling Authentication Bypass Issue


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Password Protector SD, which could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused by a design error in the administrative interface that relies on cookie data to authenticate users, which could be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access to a vulnerable web application via a specially crafted cookie.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Password Protector SD version 1.3.1 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2009-2003
     
References   http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8668
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-05-14 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote