An attacker can force the Admin Login page to appear by directly calling a module, regardless of the URL. This exposes the Admin URL on the page, and makes it easier to initiate password attacks.
Part of patch SUPEE-5994
This vulnerability affects the following application versions:
- Magento 1.4.0.0
- Magento 1.4.0.1
- Magento 1.4.1.0
- Magento 1.4.1.1
- Magento 1.4.2.0
- Magento 1.5.0.1
- Magento 1.5.1.0
- Magento 1.6.0.0
- Magento 1.6.1.0
- Magento 1.6.2.0
- Magento 1.7.0.0
- Magento 1.7.0.1
- Magento 1.7.0.2
- Magento 1.8.0.0
- Magento 1.8.1.0
- Magento 1.9.0.0
- Magento 1.9.0.1
- Magento 1.9.1.0
- Magento 1.9.1.1