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TITLE:
PHP Hosting Directory "adm" Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31235

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31235/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PHP Hosting Directory 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/19406/

DESCRIPTION:
Stack has discovered a vulnerability in PHP Hosting Directory, which
can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to improper access restriction. This
can be exploited to bypass the authentication mechanism and gain
access to the administration section by setting the "adm" cookie to
"1".

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to "admin" URLs (e.g. with ".htaccess").

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stack

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6163

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