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HistoryMay 07, 2001 - 4:00 a.m.

CVE-2000-0720

2001-05-0704:00:00
mitre
web.nvd.nist.gov
25
cve-2000-0720
gwscripts
news publisher
authentication failure
remote attack
http request
addauthor parameter.

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.016

Percentile

87.6%

news.cgi in GWScripts News Publisher does not properly authenticate requests to add an author to the author index, which allows remote attackers to add new authors by directly posting an HTTP request to the new.cgi program with an addAuthor parameter, and setting the Referer to the news.cgi program.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
gwscriptsgwscripts_news_publisherMatch1.05
OR
gwscriptsgwscripts_news_publisherMatch1.05a
OR
gwscriptsgwscripts_news_publisherMatch1.05b
OR
gwscriptsgwscripts_news_publisherMatch1.06
VendorProductVersionCPE
gwscriptsgwscripts_news_publisher1.05cpe:2.3:a:gwscripts:gwscripts_news_publisher:1.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gwscriptsgwscripts_news_publisher1.05acpe:2.3:a:gwscripts:gwscripts_news_publisher:1.05a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gwscriptsgwscripts_news_publisher1.05bcpe:2.3:a:gwscripts:gwscripts_news_publisher:1.05b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gwscriptsgwscripts_news_publisher1.06cpe:2.3:a:gwscripts:gwscripts_news_publisher:1.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.016

Percentile

87.6%

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