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TITLE:
phpFreeChat nickid Hijacking Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31283

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31283/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Hijacking

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpFreeChat 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/18010/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in phpFreeChat, which can be
exploited by malicious users to conduct hijacking attacks.

The problem is that the nickid values are the same as the users'
session IDs. This can be exploited to take over other users' or
administrators' sessions.

Successful exploitation requires valid user credentials.

The vulnerability is reported in all 1.x versions before 1.2.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Cerberus.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.phpfreechat.net/changelog/1.2

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