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Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

CVE-2008-5784

High
9.8/10

Summary

V3 Chat - Profiles/Dating Script 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the admin cookie to 1.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-565 - Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

The application relies on the existence or values of cookies when performing security-critical operations, but it does not properly ensure that the setting is valid for the associated user.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published