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CVE-2001-0972

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Surf-Net ASP Forum before 2.30 uses easily guessable cookies based on the UserID, which allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges by calculating the value of the admin cookie (UserID 1), i.e. "0888888."

Affected products

• Surf-Net Asp Forum: through 2.30; 2.20

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99834088223352&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3210
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7011
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99834088223352&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3210
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7011

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