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CVE-2004-18471 exploit

News Manager Lite 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the ADMIN parameter in…

Published 22 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.9%
percentile 87%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

News Manager Lite 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the ADMIN parameter in the NEWS_LOGIN cookie.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-23863 Expinion.net News Manager Lite 2.5 - 'NEWS_LOGIN?admin' Cookie Authentication Bypass · webapps · 2004-03-20

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • secunia.com /advisories/11180 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/9935 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1009507 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/15550 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=107999733503496&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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