CVE-2008-6856

Absolute News Manager.NET 5.1 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Cookie Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-6856. PoCs published by Hakxer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in Absolute News Manager by manipulating session cookies via JavaScript injection. It allows an attacker to gain admin privileges without valid credentials.

Description

Xigla Software Absolute News Manager.NET 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting a cookie to a certain value.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Hakxer · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6900

This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in Absolute News Manager by manipulating session cookies via JavaScript injection. It allows an attacker to gain admin privileges without valid credentials.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Absolute News Manager (version unspecified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the login page of the target application · JavaScript execution in the victim's browser
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46301
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32024
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6900
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32472

Scores

EPSS 0.0254
EPSS Percentile 82.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
xigla/absolute_news_manager.net 5.1
Published Jul 14, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026