CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0972

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Surf-Net ASP Forum before 2.30 uses easily guessable cookies based on the UserID, allowing remote attackers to gain administrative privileges by calculating the value of the admin cookie (UserID 1), i.e. '0888888'.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can gain full administrative privileges, posing a serious threat to the security of the system and user data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade Surf-Net ASP Forum to version 2.30 or later to eliminate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Surf-Net ASP Forum before 2.30 uses easily guessable cookies based on the UserID, which allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges by calculating the value of the admin cookie (UserID 1), i.e. "0888888."

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