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Brute force risk in Exactseek.com


From: iKincideReceyaNik () yaHoo com
Date: 18 Jan 2006 15:58:05 -0000

"ExactSeek.com is a meta tag search engine and web directory, featuring over 3 million free, enhanced and paid site 
listings."

has a brute force risk in its member panel for the web sites.

With the help of this risk, attacker may find the password and member ID and can change the information about the 
victim's account.

Member ID string is 7 characters long and only consist of numbers, Password string is 6 characters long and consist of 
numbers and letters and password can not change by user.

Brief example:

URL : http://www.exactseek.com/cgi-bin/member.cgi?m=[MemberID]&p=[PassWorD]


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