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Case File

CVE-2008-1971

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.21% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-04-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2008-1971
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.21%

Original Filing — NVD 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.