CVE-2005-1583 in 1Two News
Summary
by MITRE
1Two News 1.0 allows remote attackers to (1) delete images for new stories via a direct request to admin/delete.php or (2) upload arbitrary images via a direct request to admin/upload.php.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 07/24/2017
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2005-1583 affects 1Two News version 1.0, a content management system designed for news publishing and management. This flaw represents a critical security weakness that exposes administrative functions to unauthorized remote access, potentially allowing malicious actors to compromise the entire news management infrastructure. The vulnerability stems from insufficient authentication and authorization mechanisms within the application's administrative components, specifically targeting the delete.php and upload.php scripts that handle critical content management operations.
The technical implementation of this vulnerability involves direct access to administrative endpoints without proper verification of user credentials or privileges. Attackers can exploit this by directly requesting the admin/delete.php script to remove images associated with news stories, effectively enabling them to delete content from the news database. Additionally, the vulnerability permits unauthorized image uploads through the admin/upload.php endpoint, allowing malicious actors to inject arbitrary files into the system. This dual nature of the vulnerability creates a comprehensive attack surface where both content destruction and potential code execution become possible through simple HTTP requests without requiring legitimate administrative credentials.
The operational impact of CVE-2005-1583 extends beyond simple data modification to encompass complete system compromise and content integrity violations. Remote attackers can systematically remove images from news stories, potentially destroying valuable content or creating false narratives by removing supporting visual evidence. The arbitrary image upload capability introduces additional risks including potential malware deployment, cross-site scripting attacks through malicious image files, or exploitation of image processing vulnerabilities in the application's backend. This vulnerability directly violates fundamental security principles of least privilege and access control, as it allows unauthorized users to perform administrative functions that should be restricted to authorized personnel only.
From a cybersecurity perspective, this vulnerability aligns with CWE-285 (Improper Authorization) and CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), representing multiple security weaknesses in the application's access control and file handling mechanisms. The attack vector follows patterns consistent with the MITRE ATT&CK framework's privilege escalation and persistence tactics, where attackers leverage weak administrative controls to gain unauthorized system access. Organizations using 1Two News 1.0 should immediately implement authentication controls for administrative endpoints, restrict direct access to PHP scripts, and deploy web application firewalls to monitor and block unauthorized requests to administrative functions. The vulnerability underscores the importance of proper input validation, access control implementation, and regular security auditing of web applications to prevent unauthorized administrative access that could lead to complete system compromise and data integrity breaches.