CVE-2008-1971 (GCVE-0-2008-1971)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-27 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:41
VLAI
Summary
phShoutBox Final 1.5 and earlier only checks passwords when specified in $_POST, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by setting the (1) phadmin cookie to admin.php, or (2) in 1.4 and earlier, the ssbadmin cookie to shoutadmin.php.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5467 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28856 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/29892 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-04-18 00:00
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