CVE-2006-0844

critical

Description

Leif M. Wright's Blog 3.5 does not make a password comparison when authenticating an administrator via a cookie, which allows remote attackers to bypass login authentication, probably by setting the blogAdmin cookie.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24755

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16714

http://www.evuln.com/vulns/82/summary.html

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/522

http://secunia.com/advisories/18923

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-02-22

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00793

Detections

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