CVE-2008-6860

Absolute Poll Manager XE 4.1 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Cookie Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-6860. PoCs published by Hakxer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an insecure cookie handling vulnerability in Absolute Poll Manager XE v4.1, allowing an attacker to bypass authentication by setting the 'xlaAPM%5Fusr' cookie to 'administrator'.

Description

Xigla Software Absolute Poll Manager XE 4.1 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/6883

This exploit demonstrates an insecure cookie handling vulnerability in Absolute Poll Manager XE v4.1, allowing an attacker to bypass authentication by setting the 'xlaAPM%5Fusr' cookie to 'administrator'.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Absolute Poll Manager XE v4.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application's login page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46242
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6883
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32005

Scores

EPSS 0.0252
EPSS Percentile 82.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
xigla/absolute_poll_manager_xe 4.1
Published Jul 14, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026