CVE-2008-2298 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in Admin.php of Web Slider 0.6. An attacker can gain administrative privileges by simply setting the 'admin' cookie to '1'. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or actively exploited, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 89/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sourceforge:web_slider:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.