PT News index.php privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PT News. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation leads to privileges management. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PT News (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file index.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 01/01/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11589 (PT News Unauthorized Administrative Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11832), Tenable (11589), SecurityFocus (BID 7394†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2640†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• PT News

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 11589
Nessus Name: PT News Unauthorized Administrative Access
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/01/2003 🔍
01/01/2003 +0 days 🔍
04/21/2003 +110 days 🔍
05/07/2003 +16 days 🔍
10/20/2003 +166 days 🔍
07/06/2016 +4643 days 🔍
08/26/2022 +2242 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88739
X-Force: 11832
SecurityFocus: 7394 - PT News Unauthorized Administrative Access Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2640 - PT News index.php Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/06/2016 23:25
Updated: 08/26/2022 18:26
Changes: 07/06/2016 23:25 (49), 02/17/2019 11:06 (1), 08/26/2022 18:26 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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