CVE-2008-6743

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-6743 · Published 22/04/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-6743 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting rsmscript (shock-therapy).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.6%, higher than 85.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
rsmscript shock-therapy	`= 1.21`	No fix yet

Description

RSMScript 1.21 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative privileges by setting the verified cookie to an arbitrary value and performing a direct request to (1) delete.php, (2) edit-submit.php, (3) edit.php, (4) submit.php, and (5) update.php, which bypasses the security check that is performed by verify.php.

References

osvdb.org/50802 · Exploit
secunia.com/advisories/33150 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/32886 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47451
exploit-db.com/exploits/7497

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