CVE-2008-3299 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in eSyndiCat 1.6, allowing remote attackers to gain administrative access. By simply setting the "admin_lng" cookie value to "1", an unauthenticated attacker can bypass security controls. 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 full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV list), exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-32101), though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:esyndicat:esyndicat:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
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.