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phpFreeChat nickid Hijacking Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31283
Release Date: 2008-07-31
Last Update: 2008-08-07
Popularity: 1,490 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Hijacking
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:phpFreeChat 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-3428


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in phpFreeChat, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct hijacking attacks.

The problem is that the nickid values are the same as the users' session IDs. This can be exploited to take over other users' or administrators' sessions.

Successful exploitation requires valid user credentials.

The vulnerability is reported in all 1.x versions before 1.2.

Solution:
Update to version 1.2.

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Cerberus.

Changelog:
2008-08-07: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.phpfreechat.net/changelog/1.2


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