CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1703

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Fusion News 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to add user accounts, if the administrator is logged in, via a comment that contains an img bbcode tag that calls index.php with the signup action, which is executed when the administrator's browser loads the page with the img tag.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can create an unauthorized administrator account, leading to full compromise of the CMS system.

Recommendation

Update Fusion News to the latest version or apply a patch to prevent BBcode tag injection in comments.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Fusion News 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to add user accounts, if the administrator is logged in, via a comment that contains an img bbcode tag that calls index.php with the signup action, which is executed when the administrator's browser loads the page with the img tag.

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