CVE-2008-1727 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in KnowledgeQuest versions 2.5 and 2.6, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to create arbitrary administrator accounts by accessing the admincheck.php script. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit module is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit integration, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:myknowledgequest:knowledgequest:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:myknowledgequest:knowledgequest:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.