CVE-2006-1888 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass authentication to gain administrator privileges and inject arbitrary scripts by directly accessing a specific parameter in index.php.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2006-1888?

CVE-2006-1888 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

phpGraphy 0.9.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges via a direct request to index.php with the editwelcome parameter set to 1, which can then be used to modify the main page to inject arbitrary HTML and web script. NOTE: XSS attacks are resultant from this issue, since normal functionality allows the admin to modify pages.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1888?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpgraphy Phpgraphy.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2006-1888 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r258-mhfc-387p.

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