CVE-2009-5014 describes a weak cookie salt in the default quickstart configuration of TurboGears2 versions prior to 2.0.2. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass repoze.who authentication by forging authorization cookies. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this high-severity flaw has a low attack complexity and could lead to unauthorized access, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.1b2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:turbogears:turbogears2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.7a2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:turbogears:turbogears2:1.9.7a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.7a3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:turbogears:turbogears2:1.9.7a3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.7a4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:turbogears:turbogears2:1.9.7a4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.7b1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:turbogears:turbogears2:1.9.7b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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