CVE-2008-7172

The CVE-2008-7172 entry documents a privilege-escalation flaw in Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b where access to administrator functionality is not properly restricted. An attacker can obtain administrator privileges by issuing direct requests to admin.php with actions: potd_delete, potd, vote...

CVE-2008-7172: Undefined Security Weakness

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 potddelete, 2 potd, 3 voteupdate, 4 vote, or 5 modifynews actions...