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Improper Authentication

CVE-2003-1574

High
7.5/10

Summary

TikiWiki 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by entering a valid username with an arbitrary password, possibly related to the Internet Explorer "Remember Me" feature. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published