THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6143
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6143

Owenpoll vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.1%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
OwenPoll 1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via a modified account name in the username cookie.
Affected vendor
Owentechkenya
Affected product
Owenpoll
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2009-02-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6143

  • Confirm whether Owentechkenya Owenpoll is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6143.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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