Secunia Security Advisory - SekoMirza has discovered a security issue in StatCounteX, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and to disclose potentially sensitive information.
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TITLE:
StatCounteX "admin.asp" Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28984
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28984/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
StatCounteX 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/17590/
DESCRIPTION:
SekoMirza has discovered a security issue in StatCounteX, which can
be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions and to disclose potentially sensitive information.
The security issue is cause due to missing permission checks in
admin.asp. This can be exploited to gain access to the administrative
interface and e.g. modify script settings by directly requesting the
admin.asp script.
NOTE: Other sensitive scripts are also directly accessible.
The security issue is confirmed in version 3.1. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the StatCounteX directory.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
SekoMirza
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