Portcullis Advisory 05-008 Update, Webseries Payment Application
Portcullis Security Advisory
AREAS UPDATED: VENDOR RESPONSE.
VENDOR RESPONSE:
The product vendor, Bottomline Technologies has provided Portcullis with
the following response to the security advisory. It should be noted that
the resolution of this issue has not been verified by Portcullis:
Bottomline have addressed this issue via an enhancement to the WebSeries
v4.0 product.
Contact Bottomline at: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +44 (0)1189
258253.
Vulnerable System:
Webseries Payment Application
Vulnerability Title:
Poor Password Change Implementation
Vulnerability discovery and development:
Portcullis Security Testing Services
Affected systems:
Bottomline Webseries Payment Application
Details:
The change password functionality does not require a user to enter their
current password.
Impact:
>From a system with a valid user logged in it is a trivial matter for a
malicious
user to change the password of a valid user and gain full access to the
account.
Exploit:
No exploit code required
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