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Improper Authentication

CVE-2008-6523

High
7.5/10

Summary

auth.php in openInvoice 0.90 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by setting the oiauth cookie. NOTE: this can be leveraged with a separate vulnerability in resetpass.php to modify passwords for arbitrary users.

  • 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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  • Published