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Polar Helpdesk is reported prone to a cookie based authentication system bypass vulnerability. It is reported that the authentication and privilege system for Polar Helpdesk is based entirely on the values read from a cookie that is saved on the client system. An attacker may modify values in the appropriate cookie to gain administrative access to the affected software.

Polar Helpdesk is reported prone to a cookie based authentication system bypass vulnerability. It is reported that the authentication and privilege system for Polar Helpdesk is based entirely on the values read from a cookie that is saved on the client system. An attacker may modify values in the appropriate cookie to gain administrative access to the affected software.