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TITLE:
Nwahy Products Security Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35708

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35708/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in various Nwahy products, which
can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the admin/admininfo.php script
allowing access by checking if the "username" cookie is a username of
a valid administrative user, which can be exploited to e.g. change the
user's password.

The vulnerability is reported in the following products and
versions:
* Nwahy Dir 2.1
* Nwahy Articles 1

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the "admin" folder (e.g. via ".htaccess").

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
rEcruit

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/nwahydir-password.txt

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