CVE-2005-3005

Helpdesk Software Hesk - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-3005. PoCs published by Rajesh Sethumadhavan.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in Hesk by manipulating the PHPSESSID cookie. It involves sending a POST request with arbitrary credentials and a random session ID, followed by a GET request to the admin panel using the same session ID to gain unauthorized access.

Description

Helpdesk Software Hesk allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for (1) admin.php and (2) admin_main.php by modifying the PHPSESSID session ID parameter or cookie.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Rajesh Sethumadhavan · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26285

This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in Hesk by manipulating the PHPSESSID cookie. It involves sending a POST request with arbitrary credentials and a random session ID, followed by a GET request to the admin panel using the same session ID to gain unauthorized access.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Hesk (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target Hesk application · Ability to send HTTP requests to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1792
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112724743530521&w=2
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14879
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16859

Scores

EPSS 0.0299
EPSS Percentile 85.6%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
helpdesk_software/hesk 0.92
helpdesk_software/hesk 0.93
Published Sep 21, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026