Vulnerability in Gwscripts News Publisher
CVE-2000-0720
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.062 (93.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.062 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gwscripts News Publisher — versions 1.05, 1.05a, 1.05b
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5169 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1621 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike (mailing-list)