{"cve":"CVE-2008-1971","nvd":{"published":"2008-04-27T18:05:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:52:51.470","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-287"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/29892","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28856","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41901","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5467","http://secunia.com/advisories/29892"],"products":["phphq:phshoutbox_final"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1971","score":0.02212,"percentile":0.82618,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}