VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-6664
action.php in SH-News 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the shuser and shpass cookies to non-zero values.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
action.php in SH-News 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the shuser and shpass cookies to non-zero values.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.51% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- yarck/sh-news
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29725Exploit
- http://www.shnews.de/change-logVendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43123
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5829
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29725Exploit
- http://www.shnews.de/change-logVendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43123
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5829
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.