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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-5040 EUVD-2008-5019GHSA-rxh8-3rrh-8mx4

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

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

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.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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