CVE-2012-4974

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-12-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Layton Helpbox 4.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to change the login context and gain privileges via a modified (1) loggedinenduser, (2) loggedinendusername, (3) loggedinuserusergroup, (4) loggedinuser, or (5) loggedinusername cookie.

Affected products

Laytontechnology Helpbox: 4.4.0

References

http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-login-bypass.html
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-login-bypass.html

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