CVE-2008-3299

eSyndiCat 1.6 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via admin_lng Cookie

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-3299. PoCs published by Ciph3r.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in eSyndiCat by setting a cookie to gain administrative access. The vulnerability arises from inadequate verification of user-supplied input for cookie-based authentication.

Description

eSyndiCat 1.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the admin_lng cookie value to 1. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Ciph3r · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32101

This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in eSyndiCat by setting a cookie to gain administrative access. The vulnerability arises from inadequate verification of user-supplied input for cookie-based authentication.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: eSyndiCat 1.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application's login page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43972
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30332

Scores

EPSS 0.0586
EPSS Percentile 92.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
esyndicat/esyndicat 1.6
Published Jul 25, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026