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CVE-2008-7172 Details

Description

Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b does not properly restrict access to administrator functionality, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via direct requests to admin.php with the (1) potd_delete, (2) potd, (3) vote_update, (4) vote, or (5) modifynews actions.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43225 CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848 CVEExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43225 [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
yanick bourbeau lightweight news portal
1.0b

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:yanick_bourbeau:lightweight_news_portal:1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-7172
NVD Published Date:
Sep 8, 2009
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-7172 Details - Not Deferred