CVE-2005-2489 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Web Content Management News System allows remote attackers to create arbitrary accounts and gain privileges via a direct request to Admin/Users/AddModifyInput.php.

Published: 2005-08-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:web_content_management:web_content_management_news_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2490	Web Content Management News System allows remote attackers to create arbitrary accounts and gain privileges via a direct request to Admin/Users/AddModifyInput.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01802.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/16317
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014616
http://www.osvdb.org/18524
http://www.rgod.altervista.org/webc.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14465
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21694

History

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Subscriptions

Web Content Management Web Content Management News System

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-07T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:00.961Z

Reserved: 2005-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2489

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-08-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2489

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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