CVE-2009-0461 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Whole Hog Password Protect: Enhanced 1.x. Remote attackers can gain administrative access by manipulating the 'adminid' cookie with an integer value. 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 partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-7951, EDB-7952), though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wholehogsoftware:password_protect:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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