CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0911

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

PHP-Nuke 5.1 stores user and administrator passwords in a base-64 encoded cookie, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by stealing or sniffing the cookie and decoding it.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to user and administrator accounts, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to avoid storing passwords in cookies and to implement stronger authentication methods and data encryption.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

PHP-Nuke 5.1 stores user and administrator passwords in a base-64 encoded cookie, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by stealing or sniffing the cookie and decoding it.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS