CGIScript.net csNews 1.0/1.0 Professional Advanced Settings csNews.cgi privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CGIScript.net csNews 1.0/1.0 Professional and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file csNews.cgi of the component Advanced Settings. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2002-0924. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CGIScript.net csNews 1.0/1.0 Professional. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file csNews.cgi of the component Advanced Settings. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CGIScript.net csNews.cgi allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Perl code via terminating quotes and metacharacters in text fields of the "Advanced Settings" capability.

The weakness was released 10/04/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0924. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10969 (CSNews Professional Remote Command Execution Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8636), SecurityFocus (BID 4451†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3309†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-18551, VDB-18858, VDB-18859 and VDB-19393. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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04/08/2002 🔍
10/04/2002 +179 days 🔍
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12/30/2003 +452 days 🔍
07/29/2014 +3864 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0924 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0924
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18861
X-Force: 8636
SecurityFocus: 4451 - CSNews Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3309 - CGIScript.net csNews.cgi Allows Command Execution, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/29/2014 11:14
Updated: 09/11/2025 07:16
Changes: 07/29/2014 11:14 (58), 05/18/2019 22:04 (2), 09/11/2025 07:16 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:655:103

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