CVE-2008-3454
JnSHosts PHP Hosting Directory 2.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the "adm"…
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Description
JnSHosts PHP Hosting Directory 2.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the "adm" cookie value to 1.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- PHP Hosting Directory 2.0 - Insecure Cookie Handling (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6163webapps, phppublished 30 Jul 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6163 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 4105 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- phphostingdirectory-cookie-security-bypass(44110) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 6163 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 30444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3440 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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