HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2003-0588

Digi News vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
admin.php in Digi-news 1.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a cookie with the username set to the name of the administrator, which satisfies an improper condition in admin.php that does not require a correct password.
Affected vendor
Digi Fx
Affected product
Digi News
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2003-08-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2003-0588

  • Confirm whether Digi Fx Digi News is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-0588.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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