CVE-2002-0491

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

admin.php in AlGuest 1.0 guestbook checks for the existence of the admin cookie to authenticate the AlGuest administrator, which allows remote attackers to bypass the authentication and gain privileges by setting the admin cookie to an arbitrary value.

Affected products

Alguest: 1.0

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8623.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263902
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4355
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8623.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263902
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4355

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