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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-0246 EUVD-2008-0258GHSA-6234-8gq6-2wgj

admin.php in UploadScript 1.0 does not check for the original password before making a change to a new password, which allows remote attack…

Published Jan 12, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

admin.php in UploadScript 1.0 does not check for the original password before making a change to a new password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via the pass parameter in a nopass (Set Password) action.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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