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Date: 5 Sep 2004 20:32:47 -0000
From: "Jérôme" ATHIAS <jerome.athias@...amail.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Site News Authentication Error May Let Local Users Add Messages




SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1011159  
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id?1011159  

Date:  Sep 5 2004 
 
Impact:  Modification of user information
 
Exploit Included:  Yes   
 
Version(s): 1.1 
 
Description:  A vulnerability was reported in Site News. A local user can add or edit news items. 

LwB Security Team reported that a local user can invoke the script to add or edit messages without having to authenticate as an administrator.

A demonstration exploit is provided:

sitenews.cgi?update\?oldsubject=OLD_SUBJ&subject=NEW_SUBJ&name=ANY_NAME&issue=ISSUE&message=MESSAGE 
 
Impact:  A local user can add or edit messages on Site News.
 
Solution:  No solution was available at the time of this entry.
 
Vendor URL:  www.utilmind.com/scripts/sitenews.html (Links to External Site) 
 
Cause:  Authentication error 
 
Underlying OS:  Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
 


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