SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-7172

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)…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.29%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
2.29% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
yanick bourbeau/lightweight news portal
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.