CVE-2011-4068 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in PacketFence versions prior to 3.0.2. Specifically, the check_password function in html/admin/login.php allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by submitting an empty password. This critical vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, achievable with low attack complexity over the network. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:packetfence:packetfence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.