CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-2636

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in newsadmin.asp of Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the loggedIn cookie to "xY1zZoPQ".

Risk Assessment

An attacker can fully compromise the CMS, modify content, delete data, or inject malicious code, leading to integrity and confidentiality breaches.

Recommendation

Immediately update NewsCMSLite to the latest version or apply a patch that prevents authentication based solely on a cookie.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

newsadmin.asp in Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the loggedIn cookie to "xY1zZoPQ".

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