CVE-2010-4333

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pointter PHP Micro-Blogging Social Network version 1.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative privileges. This is achieved by setting arbitrary values of the auser and apass cookies.

Recommendations For Pointter PHP Micro-Blogging Social Network version 1.8, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to administrative functions until a patch is available. Avoid using the auser and apass cookies for authentication purposes in the affected version. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.