Secunia Security Advisory - The vendor has reported a security issue in Access_user Class, which can be exploited by malicious people to get access to arbitrary accounts.
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TITLE:
Access_user Class Undocumented Default Password
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14897
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14897/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Access_user Class 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4897/
DESCRIPTION:
The vendor has reported a security issue in Access_user Class, which
can be exploited by malicious people to get access to arbitrary
accounts.
The problem is that it is possible to login as any user with the
password "new".
This has been reported in versions prior to 1.75.
SOLUTION:
This has been corrected in version 1.75.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/access_user/?branch_id=53852&release_id=192770
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