CVE-2008-3318

published 2008-07-25

CVE-2008-3318: admin/index.php in Maian Weblog 4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by sending an arbitrary…

Priority P2 60 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

admin/index.php in Maian Weblog 4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by sending an arbitrary weblog_cookie cookie.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
maian	weblog	<= 3.1	—
maian	weblog	<= 4.0	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

cookie weblog_cookie=1↗

path /admin/index.php↗

• → Detect authentication bypass by monitoring requests to /admin/index.php that carry any arbitrary 'weblog_cookie' cookie value — the application only checks for cookie existence, not its content. ↗
• → Alert on HTTP requests to admin/index.php in Maian Weblog that include a 'weblog_cookie' cookie from unauthenticated or unexpected sources. ↗
• → Search engine dork can be used to identify exposed Maian Weblog instances: 'Powered by Maian Weblog v4.0' ↗

• · Any arbitrary value for the weblog_cookie cookie grants admin access — the vulnerability is in the existence check, not value validation, so blocking a specific cookie value is insufficient; the entire cookie-based auth logic must be replaced. ↗

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