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CVE-2008-5040

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Graphiks MyForum 1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the (1) myforum_login and (2) myforum_pass cookies to 1.

Affected products

• Graphiks Myforum: 1.3

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4577
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31955
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46157
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6857
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4577
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31955
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46157
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6857

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