Vulnerability CVE-2008-5040
Published: 2008-11-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Graphiks MyForum 1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the (1) myforum_login and (2) myforum_pass cookies to 1.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
MyForum 1.3 Insecure Cookie Handling Vulnerability
Mountassif Moad
13.11.2008

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
Graphiks -> Myforum 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31955
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6857
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4577
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