CVE-2008-1971

phShoutBox Final <1.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

phShoutBox Final 1.5 and earlier only checks passwords when specified in $_POST, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by setting the (1) phadmin cookie to admin.php, or (2) in 1.4 and earlier, the ssbadmin cookie to shoutadmin.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by t0pP8uZz · textwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5467

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References (4)

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/29892

[Exploit] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28856

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41901

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5467

Scores

EPSS 0.0472

EPSS Percentile 89.2%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

phphq/phshoutbox_final < 1.5

Timeline

Published Apr 27, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026