Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 27, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-1971

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.

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Affected products

Phphq/Phshoutbox Final
cpe:2.3:a:phphq:phshoutbox_final:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.5
PhShoutBox/phShoutBoxllm-create
Range: <=1.5

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/28856nvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/29892nvdVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41901nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5467nvd

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