CVE-2008-1971

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-1971 · Published 27/04/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1971 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting phshoutbox final (phphq).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phshoutbox final phphq	`≤ 1.5`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/29892 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/28856 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41901
exploit-db.com/exploits/5467

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