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CVE-2008-2297

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2297 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in the admin.php file of Rantx, affecting versions of roticv rantx. Attackers can gain administrative privileges by manipulating the 'logininfo' cookie with specific PHP tags, exploiting an insufficient comparison in the password file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-5628) detailing an insecure admin authentication method, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:roticv:rantx:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5628 · May 15, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/30279
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42464
exploit-db.com / exploits/5628
securityfocus.com / bid/29243
Exploit