CVE-2005-0408

Public Exploit

Description

CitrusDB 0.3.6 and earlier generates easily predictable MD5 hashes of the user name for the id_hash cookie, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by calculating the MD5 checksum of the user name combined with the "boogaadeeboo" string, which is hard-coded in the $hidden_hash variable.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.15% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redteam-pentesting.de
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2005-002.txt vendor advisory exploit
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031707.html broken link mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0408?
CVE-2005-0408 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0408?
To fix CVE-2005-0408, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0408 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-0408 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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