CVE-2013-7137

CRITICAL

burden < 1.8.1 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Remember Me Cookie

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-7137. PoCs published by High-Tech Bridge SA.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The advisory describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Burden 1.8, where setting the 'burden_user_rememberme' cookie to '1' grants administrative access. The exploit is trivial and requires no authentication.

Description

The "remember me" functionality in login.php in Burden before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by setting the burden_user_rememberme cookie to 1.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by High-Tech Bridge SA · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30916

The advisory describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Burden 1.8, where setting the 'burden_user_rememberme' cookie to '1' grants administrative access. The exploit is trivial and requires no authentication.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Burden 1.8 and prior
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application's login page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30916
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/joshf/Burden/issues/2
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530703/100/0/threaded
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/joshf/Burden/releases/tag/1.8.1
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23192

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1608
EPSS Percentile 96.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
burden_project/burden < 1.8.1
Published Jan 26, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026