CVE-2005-0408
CitrusDB 0.3.6 and earlier generates easily predictable MD5 hashes of the user name for the id_hash cookie, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by calculating the MD5 checksum of the user name combined with the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
CitrusDB 0.3.6 and earlier generates easily predictable MD5 hashes of the user name for the id_hash cookie, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by calculating the MD5 checksum of the user name combined with the "boogaadeeboo" string, which is hard-coded in the $hidden_hash variable.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.74% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-916
- Affected
- citrusdb/citrusdb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031707.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2005-002.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031707.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2005-002.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.