CVE-2008-6664 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.5% (pctl 84)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
action.php in SH-News 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the shuser and shpass cookies to non-zero values.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.51% — more likely to be exploited than 84% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-04-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| yarck | sh-news |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | SH-News 3.0 - Insecure Cookie Handling | 2008-06-15 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29725
- http://www.shnews.de/change-log
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43123
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5829
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29725
- http://www.shnews.de/change-log
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43123
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5829
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