CGI Script Center's Account Manager Allows Elevated Access

The product does not protect against unauthorized users resetting the administrative account password.

ITPro Today Staff

August 22, 2000

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Reported August 23, 2000 by n30

VERSIONS AFFECTED

  • CGI Script Center's Account Manager - all Lite and Pro versions, and possibly the Enterprise version

DESCRIPTION

Administrative level access can be obtained to the product by overwriting the existing admistrator password by calling a specific URL and passing it the new password. 

DEMONSTRATION

The following form (provided by the discoverer) will reset the password to whatever is entered. Note: the form is non-funtional in its current state since no specific URL has been defined in the "action' tag.


To Use Modify Source To Point to amadmin.pl on TARGET Server

mail-me

VENDOR RESPONSE

The problem has been fixed in Lite version 1.04 and Pro version 1.026, available on the vendors Web site.

CREDIT
Discovered by n30

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