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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-5221 EUVD-2008-5198GHSA-h8mw-3q4j-45hm

The account_save action in admin/userinfo.php in wPortfolio 0.3 and earlier does not require authentication and does not require knowledge …

Published Nov 25, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The account_save action in admin/userinfo.php in wPortfolio 0.3 and earlier does not require authentication and does not require knowledge of the original password, which allows remote attackers to change the admin account password via modified password and password_retype parameters.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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