CVE-2008-5840 (GCVE-0-2008-5840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-05 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:04
VLAI?
Summary
PHP iCalendar 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by setting the phpicalendar and phpicalendar_login cookies to 1.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6526 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4865 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31320 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public ?
2008-09-21 00:00
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