Sitecubed Mailworks Professional Cookie improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sitecubed Mailworks Professional and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with the input auth=1 results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2004-1661. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sitecubed Mailworks Professional (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with the input value auth=1 leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

MailWorks Professional allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges via a cookie that contains "auth=1" and "uId=1."

The weakness was shared 09/02/2004 by Paul Craig (Website). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1661 since 02/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17217), Exploit-DB (24565), SecurityFocus (BID 11095†) and Secunia (SA12458†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Sitecubed

Name

• Mailworks Professional

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/02/2004 🔍
09/02/2004 +0 days 🔍
09/02/2004 +0 days 🔍
09/06/2004 +4 days 🔍
02/21/2005 +168 days 🔍
12/19/2014 +3588 days 🔍
06/09/2025 +3825 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Paul Craig
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1661 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1661
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22194
X-Force: 17217 - MailWorks modified cookies could allow administrative access
SecurityFocus: 11095 - SiteCubed MailWorks Professional Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 12458 - Mailworks User Authentication Bypass Vulnerability, Moderately Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2014 09:50
Updated: 06/09/2025 13:03
Changes: 12/19/2014 09:50 (52), 07/08/2017 14:13 (6), 06/09/2025 13:03 (27)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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