CVE-2008-6001

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-6001 · Published 28/01/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-6001 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting adnforum (adnforum).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.5%, higher than 84.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
adnforum adnforum	`≤ 1.0b`	No fix yet

Description

index.php in ADN Forum 1.0b and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain sysop access via a fpusuario cookie composed of an initial sysop: string, an arbitrary password field, and a final :sysop:0 string.

References

secunia.com/advisories/18300 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/31383 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45400
exploit-db.com/exploits/6557

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