CVE-2008-7172 (GCVE-0-2008-7172)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-08 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:56
VLAI?
Summary
Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b does not properly restrict access to administrator functionality, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via direct requests to admin.php with the (1) potd_delete, (2) potd, (3) vote_update, (4) vote, or (5) modifynews actions.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public ?
2008-06-20 00:00
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