CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0589

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

PVote before 1.9 allows remote attackers to change the administrative password and gain privileges by directly calling ch_info.php with the newpass and confirm parameters both set to the new password.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can take control of the administrator account, leading to serious security breaches in the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update PVote to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

PVote before 1.9 allows remote attackers to change the administrative password and gain privileges by directly calling ch_info.php with the newpass and confirm parameters both set to the new password.

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