Title : Geeklog Session Handling Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0851 CVE ID : CVE-2006-1069
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-03-06
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Geeklog, which could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass security restrictions. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "system/lib-sessions.php" script that does not properly validate user sessions, which could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass the authentication procedure and gain unauthorized access to a vulnerable application with administrative privileges.
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