CVE-2008-2298

Web Slider 0.6 - Insecure Cookie/Authentication Handling

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Admin.php in Web Slider 0.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by setting the admin cookie to 1.

Admin.php en Web Slider 0.6 permite a atacantes remotos evitar la autentificación y obtener privilegios poniendo la cookie admin a 1.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-05-18 CVE Reserved
2008-05-18 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29246	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42468	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5629	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sourceforge Search vendor "Sourceforge"		Web Slider Search vendor "Sourceforge" for product "Web Slider"				0.6 Search vendor "Sourceforge" for product "Web Slider" and version "0.6"		-		Affected