PT-2009-2134 · Sh News · Sh-News

Hadihadi · Published 2009-04-08 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-2008-6664

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SH-News version 3.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges. This is achieved by setting the shuser and shpass cookies to non-zero values in the 'action.php' file.

Recommendations For SH-News version 3.0, consider temporarily restricting access to the 'action.php' file until a patch is available. As a workaround, avoid using non-zero values for the shuser and shpass cookies to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6664

Affected Products

Sh-News

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5829 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/29725 · Exploit
• http://shnews.de/change-log · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6664 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43123 · Note