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CVE-2000-0720
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
news.cgi in GWScripts News Publisher does not properly authenticate requests to add an author to the author index, which allows remote attackers to add new authors by directly posting an HTTP request to the new.cgi program with an addAuthor parameter, and setting the Referer to the news.cgi program..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:gwscripts:gwscripts_news_publisher:1.06:*:*:*:*:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gwscripts:gwscripts_news_publisher:1.05b:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gwscripts:gwscripts_news_publisher:1.05a:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gwscripts:gwscripts_news_publisher:1.05:*:*:*:*:*: |
Yes
|
- | - |