CVE-2012-4974

medium
Published 2012-12-12 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Layton Helpbox 4.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to change the login context and gain privileges via a modified (1) loggedinenduser, (2) loggedinendusername, (3) loggedinuserusergroup, (4) loggedinuser, or (5) loggedinusername cookie.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
laytontechnologyhelpbox4.4.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.