Advanced Poll admin/index.php Session Identifier Replay Authentication Bypass

high Nessus Plugin ID 24284

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is affected by a data modification vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running Advanced Poll, a simple polling application written in PHP.

The version of Advanced Poll installed on the remote host includes code to emulate PHP's 'register_globals' functionality when that setting is disabled, which is true by default with recent versions of PHP. In that case, an unauthenticated, remote attacker can leverage this flaw to bypass authentication and gain control of the application and possibly execute arbitrary code on the remote host, subject to the permissions of the web server user id.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24284

File Name: advanced_poll_var_overwrite.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/8/2007

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0845

BID: 22451