Hi,

Maybe you left a session open on the server and it was hijacked.

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/03/03/notes-on-php-session-security/

Are you limiting special characters from your login form fields?

Sincerely,
Mike
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On Mar 10, 2006, at 2:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> hmmm,
>
> Someone has managed to hack into my website administration.... that I
> wrote :-(
>
> * My user & pass are stored in mysql
> * The login page checks that both login $_POSTS match the Mysql Data
> & then sets 3 sessions[]
> .... one with my username, one to say "loggedin=yes" & the 3rd with
> my access level. eg admin
> * The login page is secure and so is every subsequent page.
> * All 3 login sessions are checked on each page & if any fail your
> booted.
>
> So, any ideas how they got in? What are the potential PHP exploits
> for this type of login system?
> Maybe they got hold of my login?
> hmm, maybe - but the IP I see for them is on the other side of the
> globe & my computer is pretty secure.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks all,
> Riquez
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