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Improper Authentication

CVE-2008-6939

High
7.5/10

Summary

TurnkeyForms Web Hosting Directory allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and (1) gain administrative privileges by setting the adm cookie to 1 or (2) gain privileges as another user by setting the logged cookie to the target username.

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  • NETWORK
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  • PARTIAL
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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