Vulnerability CVE-2008-1971
Published: 2008-04-27   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
phShoutBox Final 1.5 and earlier only checks passwords when specified in $_POST, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by setting the (1) phadmin cookie to admin.php, or (2) in 1.4 and earlier, the ssbadmin cookie to shoutadmin.php.

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Phphq -> Phshoutbox final 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41901
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28856
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5467
http://secunia.com/advisories/29892
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