CVE-2007-0261 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

snews.php in sNews 1.5.30 and earlier does not properly exit when authentication fails, which allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized administrative actions, as demonstrated by changing an administrative password via the changeup task, and by uploading PHP code via the imagefile parameter.

Published: 2007-01-16

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 9.8% 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:snews:snews:1.5.29:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:snews:snews:1.5.30:::::::*

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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-2007-0263	snews.php in sNews 1.5.30 and earlier does not properly exit when authentication fails, which allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized administrative actions, as demonstrated by changing an administrative password via the changeup task, and by uploading PHP code via the imagefile parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0979.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/32817
http://secunia.com/advisories/23746
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22025
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31535
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3116

History

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Subscriptions

Snews Snews

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-16T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:12:17.838Z

Reserved: 2007-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0261

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-16T23:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0261

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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