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TITLE:
Multi-Page Comment System "CommentSystemAdmin" Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30255

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30255/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Multi-Page Comment System 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/12438/

DESCRIPTION:
t0pP8uZz has reported a vulnerability in Multi-Page Comment System,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application insecurely using a
cookie in order to mark a user as logged in. This can be exploited to
gain access to the administrative interface by creating a
"CommentSystemAdmin" cookie with a value of 1.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.1.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to trusted users only.

Use another product.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
t0pP8uZz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5630

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