CVE-2008-5576 (GCVE-0-2008-5576)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-15 17:45 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:56
VLAI
Summary
admin/forums.php in sCssBoard 1.0, 1.1, 1.11, and 1.12 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via a large value of the current_user[users_level] parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5149 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4739 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-02-18 00:00
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