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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2003-1245 json

index2.php in Mambo 4.0.12 allows remote attackers to gain administrator access via a URL request where session_id is set to the MD5 hash o…

published 2003-12-31 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-1235

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

index2.php in Mambo 4.0.12 allows remote attackers to gain administrator access via a URL request where session_id is set to the MD5 hash of a session cookie.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22281)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22281 Mambo Site Server 4.0.12 RC2 - Cookie Validation webapps, 2003-02-24
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6926 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0302.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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