CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2689

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in NewsPHP allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access by setting a cookie to the 'autorized=admin; root=admin' value.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take full control of the application, leading to a breach of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update NewsPHP to the latest version or apply a patch that prevents cookie manipulation.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

NewsPHP allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access by setting a cookie to the "autorized=admin; root=admin" value.

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