FKIE_CVE-2008-7172

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-09-08 10:30 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43225
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43225
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yanick_bourbeau lightweight_news_portal 1.0b
To clipboard 

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:yanick_bourbeau:lightweight_news_portal:1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "6458295E-43DC-4643-ABB8-4E381CBCD6B7",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Lightweight news portal (LNP) v1.0b no restringe apropiadamente el acceso a la funcionalidad del administrador, lo que permite a los atacantes remotos obtener privilegios de administrados a trav\u00e9s de peticiones directas a admin.php con las acciones (1) potd_delete, (2) potd, (3) vote_update, (4) vote, o (5) modifynews."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2008-7172",
  "lastModified": "2026-04-23T00:35:47.467",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
        "impactScore": 6.4,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2009-09-08T10:30:01.500",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43225"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43225"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-264"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.