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CVE-2018-16239

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

An issue was discovered in damiCMS V6.0.1. It relies on the PHP time() function for cookies, which makes it possible to determine the cookie for an existing admin session via 10800 guesses.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

CWEs

References

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