CVE-2008-6581

Phpaddedit vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

login.php in PhpAddEdit 1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the addedit cookie parameter.

Affected vendor

Phpaddedit

Affected product

Phpaddedit

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Published

2009-04-02

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 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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