Macromedia JRun 3/4 - Administrative Authentication Bypass

EDB-ID:

21582




Platform:

Windows

Date:

2002-06-28


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5118/info

Macromedia JRun is prone to an issue which may allow remote attackers to bypass the authentication page for the admin server. This may be exploited by adding an extraneous '/' to a request for the administrative authentication page.

http://JRun-Server:8000//welcome.jsp?&action=stop&server=default

will shutdown the 'default' JRun server instance on port 8100. Other
administrative functions can also be accessed.