TITLE:
PHP SimpleNEWS "admin" Authentication Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19195

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19195/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PHP SimpleNEWS MySQL 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/8669/
PHP SimpleNEWS 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/8668/

DESCRIPTION:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu has reported a vulnerability in PHP SimpleNEWS
and PHP SimpleNEWS MySQL, which can be exploited by malicious people
to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an insecure authentication process
in "admin.php". This can be exploited to access the administration
section by supplying a specially crafted "admin" cookie parameter.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.0. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that administrators are properly
authenticated.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://evuln.com/vulns/94/summary.html

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