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ezCourses Security Bypass Vulnerability (Oct 2011) - Active Check

🗓️ 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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ezCourses Security Bypass Vulnerability, Oct 2011, Fails to validate user input, Allows admin password chang

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securityfocuswww.securityfocus.com/bid/49907
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103284");
  script_version("2024-06-13T05:05:46+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-06-13 05:05:46 +0000 (Thu, 13 Jun 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-10-05 13:15:09 +0200 (Wed, 05 Oct 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  script_name("ezCourses Security Bypass Vulnerability (Oct 2011) - Active Check");

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "no404.nasl", "webmirror.nasl",
                      "DDI_Directory_Scanner.nasl", "global_settings.nasl",
                      "gb_microsoft_iis_http_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"ezCourses is prone to a security bypass vulnerability because
  it fails to properly validate user-supplied input.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks the response.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers could exploit the issue to bypass certain security
  restrictions and add or change the 'admin' account password.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General
  solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the
  product or replace the product by another one.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49907");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");

port = http_get_port(default: 80);

if (!http_can_host_asp(port: port))
  exit(0);

foreach dir (make_list_unique("/eafb", "/ezCourses", "/ezcourses", "/courses", http_cgi_dirs(port: port))) {

  if (dir == "/")
    dir = "";

  res = http_get_cache(port: port, item: dir + "/admin/admin.asp");
  if (res !~ "^HTTP/1\.[01] 200")
    continue;

  url = dir + "/admin/admin.asp?cmd=edit_admin&AdminID=1&Master=Master";

  if (http_vuln_check(port: port, url: url, pattern: "<b>Edit Admin Profile</b>")) {
    report = http_report_vuln_url(port: port, url: url);
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(99);

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