Secunia Security Advisory - Kw3rLn has reported a vulnerability in Entertainment Media Sharing, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Entertainment Media Sharing "adminLogged" Cookie Authentication
Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26016
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26016/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Entertainment Media Sharing
http://secunia.com/product/14758/
DESCRIPTION:
Kw3rLn has reported a vulnerability in Entertainment Media Sharing,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to improper checks for authentication
credentials in admin/index.php. This can be exploited to log in as
administrator by setting the "adminLogged" cookie to "Administrator".
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the "admin" directory (e.g. with a ".htaccess"
file).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kw3rLn
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