Auth bypass in Phphq Phshoutbox Final
CVE-2008-1971
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.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (82.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41901 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5467 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28856 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29892 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)