CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1847

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

News Manager Lite 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the ADMIN parameter in the NEWS_LOGIN cookie.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can fully compromise the application, gaining access to administrative functions without authorization.

Recommendation

Immediately update the software to the latest version or apply a security patch that validates session cookies.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

News Manager Lite 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the ADMIN parameter in the NEWS_LOGIN cookie.

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