Auth bypass in Webmobo Wbnews
CVE-2009-4927
WB News 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via a modified WBNEWS cookie, as demonstrated by setting this cookie to 1.
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: 0.025 (83.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Webmobo Wbnews — versions 2.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8492 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34609 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/34822 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)