CVE-2004-2736

Polar HelpDesk 3.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Cookie Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2736. PoCs published by Noam Rathaus.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Perl script exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability in Polar Helpdesk by manipulating cookie values to gain administrative access. It then enumerates user lists, emails, inbox tickets, and billing information including credit card details.

Description

Polar HelpDesk 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by setting the UserId and UserType values in a cookie.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Noam Rathaus · perlwebappsasp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24302

This Perl script exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability in Polar Helpdesk by manipulating cookie values to gain administrative access. It then enumerates user lists, emails, inbox tickets, and billing information including credit card details.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Polar Helpdesk
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target Polar Helpdesk instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16778
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10775
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/8168
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/12120

Scores

EPSS 0.0536
EPSS Percentile 91.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
polar_software/helpdesk 3.0
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026