Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-2338

Title: Interspire Activekb Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-2338

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date May 19, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

6.36%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-2338: Interspire ActiveKB 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges by setting the auth cookie to true when accessing unspecified scripts in /admin.

Impacted Vendors

interspire 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/30265 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29226 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020035 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42427 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5616 http://secunia.com/advisories/30265 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29226 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020035 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42427 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5616

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-2338 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5616

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 19, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.