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TITLE:
Family Connections "fcms_login_id" Cookie Authentication Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26421

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26421/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Family Connections 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/15263/

DESCRIPTION:
ilkerkandemir has discovered a vulnerability in Family Connections,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to improper checks for authentication
credentials in index.php. This can be exploited to log in as an
administrator by setting the "fcms_login_id" cookie to an arbitrary
value.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.6 and reported in version
0.1.1. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the application e.g. with an .htaccess file.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ilkerkandemir.

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