CVE-2008-1971: Phphq Phshoutbox Final

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

phShoutBox Final 1.5 and earlier only checks passwords when specified in $_POST, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by setting the (1) phadmin cookie to admin.php, or (2) in 1.4 and earlier, the ssbadmin cookie to shoutadmin.php.

Affected products

• Phphq Phshoutbox Final: up to and including 1.5

Published 2008-04-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.