CVE-2004-1661

MailWorks Professional - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-1661. PoCs published by Paul Craig.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in MailWorks Professional by manipulating cookie values to gain administrative access. No executable code is provided, only a description and the malicious cookie payload.

Description

MailWorks Professional allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges via a cookie that contains "auth=1" and "uId=1."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Paul Craig · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24565

The exploit describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in MailWorks Professional by manipulating cookie values to gain administrative access. No executable code is provided, only a description and the malicious cookie payload.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: MailWorks Professional
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application's login page · Ability to modify cookie values
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11095
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/12458
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17217
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109416709710447&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0289
EPSS Percentile 85.1%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
sitecubed/mailworks_professional
Published Sep 02, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026