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Re: Wiki Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability


From: "Matt D. Harris" <mdh () solitox net>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:01:57 -0500

This is the designed behavior of the application, not an "exploit" as you claim. In addition to that, the syntax used in your example URL's is specific to MediaWiki, and not common amongst all wiki apps, as you claim. Furthermore, this "exploit" does not work "100% of the time" - even if this could be called an exploit, which it clearly is not, protecting an entry and configuring levels of access are relatively common and simple tasks for Wiki administrators. Your claim that this is an access validation error is simply wrong, and is akin to saying that being able to write to a file which a user intentionally sets to mode 0777 is an error.
- Matt

DoZ () HackersCenter com wrote:
Wiki Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability



The Exploit Works 100 % of the time. It really is up to the admin to add security
like locking a page to prevent editing. There are Two ways of having this Exploit
work. One is simply add the code (example 1) after the Page you wanna test or if that dosent work, add Code (example 2) 
and Exploit code after the new pages Name! Anyone using any type of Wiki project is vulnerable. Successfully exploiting 
this issue allows remote attackers to gain remote administrative access to the vulnerable sites Pages. Attackers can 
use a browser to exploit this issue.


Hackers Center Security Group (http://www.hackerscenter.com)
Credit: Doz



Class: Access Validation Error

Remote: Yes



Vendor: http://www.wiki.org/
Version: N/A



Exploit: ?action=edit

Example 1: http://www.Site.com/wiki/Main_Page?action=edit

Example 2: http://www.Site.com/wiki/Hacked?action=edit



Proff of Concept: (Concealed)



Security researcher? Join us: mail Zinho at zinho at hackerscenter.com


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