CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2252

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

PhpAuction 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges as another user by setting the PHPAUCTION_RM_ID cookie to the user ID.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take over any user account, leading to unauthorized access to data and functions of the auction system.

Recommendation

Update PhpAuction to the latest version or apply a security patch that validates the integrity of the session cookie.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

PhpAuction 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges as another user by setting the PHPAUCTION_RM_ID cookie to the user ID.

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