Secunia Security Advisory - G4N0K has reported a vulnerability in PayPal eStores, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
PayPal eStores "settings.php" Security Bypass Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33036
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33036/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
PayPal eStores
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20705/
DESCRIPTION:
G4N0K has reported a vulnerability in PayPal eStores, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to the "admin/settings.php" script
improperly checking for a valid session prior to altering settings.
This can be exploited to e.g. change the administrator's password via
a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the affected script.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the "admin/" directory.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
G4N0K
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7367
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