CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1661

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in MailWorks Professional allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain elevated privileges by setting a cookie containing 'auth=1' and 'uId=1'.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially taking over user accounts or obtaining administrative privileges, leading to data confidentiality and integrity breaches.

Recommendation

Immediately update MailWorks Professional to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability and implement server-side cookie validation mechanisms.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

MailWorks Professional allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges via a cookie that contains "auth=1" and "uId=1."

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