THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-0261
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-0261

Snews vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
snews.php in sNews 1.5.30 and earlier does not properly exit when authentication fails, which allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized administrative actions, as demonstrated by changing an administrative password via the changeup task, and by uploading PHP code via the imagefile parameter.
Affected vendor
Snews
Affected product
Snews
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2007-01-16

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 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-0261

  • Confirm whether Snews Snews is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-0261.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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