CVE DATABASE / CVE-2005-0408
CVE-2005-0408
CVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL
Summary
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.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Citrusdb citrusdb
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References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031707.html
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2005-002.txt
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.