CVE-2007-2554 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Associated Press (AP) Newspower 4.0.1 and earlier uses a default blank password for the MySQL root account, which allows remote attackers to insert or modify news articles via shows.tblscript.

Published: 2007-05-09

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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:associated_press:newspower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2007-2547	Associated Press (AP) Newspower 4.0.1 and earlier uses a default blank password for the MySQL root account, which allows remote attackers to insert or modify news articles via shows.tblscript.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00334.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/36251
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2679
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467962/100/0/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Associated Press Newspower

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-09T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:42:33.386Z

Reserved: 2007-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2554

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-09T17:19:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-2554

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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