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Improper Authentication

CVE-2008-1904

High
7.5/10

Summary

Cicoandcico CcMail 1.0.1 and earlier does not verify that the this_cookie cookie corresponds to an authenticated session, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to the "admin area" via a modified this_cookie cookie.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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  • Published