CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0310

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Netwin WebNews 1.1k CGI program includes several default usernames and cleartext passwords that cannot be deleted by the administrator. This allows remote attackers to gain privileges via the username/password combinations.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization is that remote attackers can exploit these default credentials to gain unauthorized access to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to change the default usernames and passwords and implement a strong password policy to minimize the risk of unauthorized access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Netwin WebNews 1.1k CGI program includes several default usernames and cleartext passwords that cannot be deleted by the administrator, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via the username/password combinations (1) testweb/newstest, (2) alwn3845/imaptest, (3) alwi3845/wtest3452, or (4) testweb2/wtest4879.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS