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CVE-2008-1971

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

phShoutBox Final 1.5 and earlier only checks passwords when specified in $_POST, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by setting the (1) phadmin cookie to admin.php, or (2) in 1.4 and earlier, the ssbadmin cookie to shoutadmin.php.

Affected products

• Phphq Phshoutbox Final: through 1.5

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29892
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28856
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41901
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5467
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29892
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28856
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41901
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5467

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