CVE-2008-6162
Bux.to Clone script allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the loggedin cookie to 1 and the usNick cookie to admin.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Bux.to Clone script allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the loggedin cookie to 1 and the usNick cookie to admin.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.56% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 October 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- bux/bux.to clone script
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.