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TITLE:
phpAddEdit "addedit" Cookie Security Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33124

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33124/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpAddEdit 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20723/

DESCRIPTION:
x0r has discovered a vulnerability in phpAddEdit, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application allowing access to
the admin interface by checking if a certain cookie exists. This can
be exploited to gain administrative access to the application by
creating the cookie "addedit" and assigning it any value.

This vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.3. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Ensure that proper access restrictions are implemented.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
x0r

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0812-exploits/phpaddedit-bypass.txt

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