CVE-2006-3753

Description

setcookie.php for the administration login in Professional Home Page Tools Guestbook records the hash of the administrator password in a cookie, which allows attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks after obtaining the hash.

6.4

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.49%

Vendor Advisory abenteuer-mittelerde.de Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://artemis.abenteuer-mittelerde.de/pub/adv02-phptgb.txt	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440421/100/0/threaded	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27775	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21102	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016550	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3753?: CVE-2006-3753 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3753?: To fix CVE-2006-3753, 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-2006-3753 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-3753 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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