CVE-2008-6799 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

connection.php in FlashChat 5.0.8 allows remote attackers to bypass the role filter mechanism and gain administrative privileges by setting the s parameter to "7."

Published: 2009-05-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 5.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tufat:flashchat:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6759	connection.php in FlashChat 5.0.8 allows remote attackers to bypass the role filter mechanism and gain administrative privileges by setting the s parameter to "7."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05742.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122425865430237&w=2
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0810-exploits/flashchat-bypass.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/32350
http://www.osvdb.org/49337
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31800
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45974

History

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Subscriptions

Tufat Flashchat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-05-07T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:42:00.443Z

Reserved: 2009-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6799

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-05-07T23:30:00.187

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-6799

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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