PT-2009-5292 · Stanford University · Webauth

Published 2009-09-15 · Updated 2009-09-16 · CVE-2009-2945

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Stanford University WebAuth versions 3.5.5 through 3.6.1

Description: The issue allows attackers to discover passwords by reading web-server access logs, web-server Referer logs, or the browser history in certain circumstances involving conversion of a POST request to a GET request. This occurs because the weblogin/login.fcgi script places passwords in URLs.

Recommendations: For versions 3.5.5 through 3.6.1, consider modifying the weblogin/login.fcgi script to prevent passwords from being placed in URLs, especially during the conversion of a POST request to a GET request. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the weblogin/login.fcgi script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2945

Affected Products

Webauth

References · 6

• http://webauth.stanford.edu/security/2009-09-10.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2945 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2945 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2945 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2945 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36640 · Vendor Advisory