[SA18601] Reamday Enterprises Magic News Password Change Bypass

TITLE:
Reamday Enterprises Magic News Password Change Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18601

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18601/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Reamday Enterprises Magic News Plus 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/6980/
Reamday Enterprises Magic News Lite 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/6981/

DESCRIPTION:
cijfer has discovered a vulnerability in Reamday Enterprises Magic
News, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain
security restrictions.

Input passed to the "admin_password" parameter in "settings.php"
isn't properly verified before being used to do a password
comparison. This can be exploited to change the administrator's
password by setting the "new_passwd" and "confirm_passwd" parameters
to the new password.

Successful exploitation allows access to the administration section,
but requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in Magic News Lite 1.2.3 and has
also been reported in Magic News Plus 1.0.3 and prior. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict direct web access to the "settings.php" script (e.g. with
.htaccess).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
cijfer

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