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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2009-1739

High
7.5/10

Summary

PAD Site Scripts 3.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges as other users, including administrative privileges, by setting the authuser cookie parameter to a valid username.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published