CVE-2005-0735

The CVE refers to NewsScript’s newsscript.pl CGI, where an attacker can escalate privileges remotely by sending mode=admin. Affected product: NewsScript (NewsScript.co.uk). Root cause: incomplete access validation in the CGI parameters allowing admin rights to be set via the mode parameter. Impac...

NewsScript newsscript.pl mode Parameter Privilege Escalation

The remote host is running a version of NewsScript.co.uk's NewsScript that allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication simply by setting the 'mode' parameter to 'admin', thereby allowing him to add, delete, or modify news stories and headlines at will. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Newsscript 1.0 - Administrative Privilege Escalation

Newsscript 1.0 - Administrative Privilege Escalation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7705/info A vulnerability has been reported that could enable a member of the news system to create and access an administrative account. This is due to insufficient validation of data supplied to accou...