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Xigla Software Absolute Products Insecure Cookie Handling Security Bypass
Secunia Advisory: SA32472
Release Date: 2008-10-31
Last Update: 2008-11-03
Popularity: 1,333 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Absolute Banner Manager .NET 4.x
Absolute Content Rotator 6.x
Absolute Control Panel XE 1.x
Absolute FAQ Manager .NET 6.x
Absolute Form Processor .NET 4.x
Absolute Live Support .NET 5.x
Absolute News Feed 1.x
Absolute News Manager .NET 5.x
Absolute Newsletter 6.x
Absolute Podcast .NET 1.x

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Description:
Various vulnerabilities have been reported in multiple Xigla Software Absolute products, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the applications 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 certain cookies.

The following products and versions are affected:
Absolute FAQ Manager .NET 6.0
Absolute News Feed 1.5
Absolute News .NET 5.1
Absolute Control Panel XE 1.0
Absolute Live Support .NET 5.1
Absolute Form Processor .NET 4.0
Absolute Banner Manager .NET 4.0
Absolute Content Rotator 6.0
Absolut Newsletter 6.0
Absolute Podcast .NET 1.0

Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Ensure that proper access restrictions are implemented.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Hakxer and x0r

Changelog:
2008-11-03: Updated advisory to include other affected products.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6882
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6889
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6890
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6891
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6892
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6893
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6900
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6901
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6902
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6904


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