CVE-2008-5296

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Gallery 1.5.x before 1.5.10 and 1.6 before 1.6-RC3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative via unspecified cookies. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Gallery: through 1.5.9; through 1.6; 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4-pl1, 1.4 (+6)

References

http://gallery.menalto.com/last_official_G1_releases
http://osvdb.org/50089
http://secunia.com/advisories/32817
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32440
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46804
http://gallery.menalto.com/last_official_G1_releases
http://osvdb.org/50089
http://secunia.com/advisories/32817
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32440
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46804

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