CVE-2002-0491

N/A
Published: June 11, 2002 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAlguest

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

admin.php in AlGuest 1.0 guestbook checks for the existence of the admin cookie to authenticate the AlGuest administrator, which allows remote attackers to bypass the authentication and gain privileges by setting the admin cookie to an arbitrary value.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8623.php
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263902
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4355

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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