PT-2005-3181 · Phpauction · Phpauction

Published 2005-07-13 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-2252

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PhpAuction version 2.5

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges as another user. This is achieved by setting the PHPAUCTION RM ID cookie to the user id.

Recommendations: For PhpAuction version 2.5, update the authentication mechanism to properly validate the PHPAUCTION RM ID cookie and ensure it cannot be manipulated to gain unauthorized access. As a temporary workaround, consider implementing additional validation checks on the user id parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2252

Affected Products

Phpauction

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2252 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014423 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15967 · Note