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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-6291 EUVD-2008-6261GHSA-pjgc-wj6x-vh52

Acc PHP eMail 1.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the NEWSLETTERLOGIN cookie to …

Published Feb 26, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Acc PHP eMail 1.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the NEWSLETTERLOGIN cookie to "admin".

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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