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Improper Authentication

CVE-2008-4714

High
7.5/10

Summary

Atomic Photo Album 1.1.0 pre4 does not properly handle the apa_cookie_login and apa_cookie_password cookies, which probably allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via modified cookies.

  • 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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