Owl Intranet Engine 0.7 - Authentication Bypass

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7595/info

Owl has been reported prone to an authentication bypass vulnerability.

The issue presents itself due to a lack of sufficient sanitization when checking the validity of usernames and passwords supplied to 'browse.php'.

An attacker may exploit this condition to bypass the Owl authentication system.

http://www.example.com/intranet/browse.php?loginname=whocares&parent=1&expand=1&order=creatorid&sortposted=ASC