CVE-2005-0408

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: February 14, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

CitrusDB 0.3.6 and earlier generates easily predictable MD5 hashes of the user name for the id_hash cookie, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by calculating the MD5 checksum of the user name combined with the "boogaadeeboo" string, which is hard-coded in the $hidden_hash variable.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2005-002.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031707.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2005-002.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.6%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

citrusdb