Username: 
Password: 
Restrict session to IP 
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Training: Register Globals (Exploit, PHP, Training)

PHP - Register Globals
This challenge is a relict of old PHP times, where register globals has been enabled by default, which often lead to security issues.
Again, your job is to login as admin, and you are given the sourcecode as well as highlighted version.

Here is the link to the vulnerable script.
I have also setup a test account: test:test

Enjoy!
GeSHi`ed PHP code for globals.php
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<?php
chdir('../../../../');
define('GWF_PAGE_TITLE', 'Training: Register Globals');
require_once('challenge/html_head.php');
if (false === ($chall = WC_Challenge::getByTitle(GWF_PAGE_TITLE))) {        $chall = WC_Challenge::dummyChallenge(GWF_PAGE_TITLE, 2, 'challenge/training/php/globals/index.php');
}
$chall->showHeader();
 
GWF_Debug::setDieOnError(false);GWF_Debug::setMailOnError(false);
 
# EMULATE REGISTER GLOBALS = ON
foreach ($_GET as $k => $v) { $$k = $v; }
  
# Send request?
if (isset($_POST['password']) && isset($_POST['username']) && is_string($_POST['password']) && is_string($_POST['username']) )
{
        $uname = GDO::escape($_POST['username']);        $pass = md5($_POST['password']);
        $query = "SELECT level FROM ".GWF_TABLE_PREFIX."wc_chall_reg_glob WHERE username='$uname' AND password='$pass'";
        $db = gdo_db();
        if (false === ($row = $db->queryFirst($query))) {
                echo GWF_HTML::error('Register Globals', $chall->lang('err_failed'));        } else {
                # Login success
                $login = array($_POST['username'], (int)$row['level']);
        }
} 
if (isset($login))
{
        echo GWF_HTML::message('Register Globals', $chall->lang('msg_welcome_back', array(htmlspecialchars($login[0]), htmlspecialchars($login[1]))));
        if (strtolower($login[0]) === 'admin') {                $chall->onChallengeSolved(GWF_Session::getUserID());
        }
}
else 
{?>
<form action="globals.php" method="post">
<table>
<tr>
        <td><?php echo $chall->lang('th_username'); ?>:</td>        <td><input type="text" name="username" value="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
        <td><?php echo $chall->lang('th_password'); ?>:</td>
        <td><input type="password" name="password" value="" /></td></tr>
<tr>
        <td></td>
        <td><input type="submit" name="send" value="<?php echo $chall->lang('btn_send'); ?>" /></td>
</tr></table>
</form>
<?php
}
 # EMULATE REGISTER GLOBALS = OFF
foreach ($_GET as $k => $v) { unset($$k); }
 
require_once 'challenge/html_foot.php';
?>
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