{"id":"CVE-2008-3508","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-3508","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:50.948Z","title":"LiteNews 0.1 (aka 01), and possibly 1.2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the admin cookie.","description":"LiteNews 0.1 (aka 01), and possibly 1.2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the admin cookie.","published":"2008-08-07T20:41:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:55:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["wogan may/litenews"],"epss":{"score":0.02981,"percentile":0.87192,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-08-05","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":6206,"kind":"exploit","title":"LiteNews 0.1 - Insecure Cookie Handling","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6206","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/6206.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/6206.txt","published":"2008-08-05","added":"2008-08-04","updated":null,"author":"Scary-Boys","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-47552","CVE-2008-3508"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30555","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44231","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6206","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30555","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44231","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6206","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3508","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}