PonVFTP - Insecure Cookie Authentication Bypass

Author: SkuLL-HackeR
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2010-05-17  
date_updated: 2014-07-07  
verified: 1  
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raw file: 33994.txt  

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40207/info

PonVFTP is prone to an authentication-bypass vulnerability because it fails to adequately verify user-supplied input used for cookie-based authentication.

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain administrative access to the affected application, which may aid in further attacks.

The following example data is available:

javascript:document.cookie="username=admin";