CVE-2008-1971 affects phShoutBox Final 1.5 and earlier, where a flaw in password checking allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges. The vulnerability stems from the application only validating passwords when specified in the $_POST variable, enabling attackers to bypass authentication by manipulating specific cookies (phadmin or ssbadmin). This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phphq:phshoutbox_final:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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