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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in News Manager Lite 2.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument ADMIN with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

News Manager Lite 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the ADMIN parameter in the NEWS_LOGIN cookie.

The weakness was shared 03/20/2004 by Manuel Lopez (Website). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1847 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15550). The entries 21673, 22933, 81967 and 81968 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Name

• News Manager Lite

Version

• 2.5

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

03/20/2004 🔍
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03/20/2004 +0 days 🔍
03/22/2004 +2 days 🔍
05/04/2005 +408 days 🔍
10/15/2014 +3451 days 🔍
07/05/2017 +994 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Manuel Lopez
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1847 (🔍)
X-Force: 15550 - News Manager Lite administrative session allows unauthorized access
SecurityTracker: 1009507 - Expinion News Manager Authentication Flaw Lets Remote Users Gain Administrator Access
SecurityFocus: 9935 - Expinion.net News Manager Lite Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11180 - News Manager Lite Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2014 17:00
Updated: 07/05/2017 09:04
Changes: 10/15/2014 17:00 (57), 07/05/2017 09:04 (7)
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