P-News Bulletin Board privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in P-News Bulletin Board. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in P-News Bulletin Board (Forum Software) (version now known). This affects some unknown processing. 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 weakness was disclosed 01/01/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11669 (P-News p-news.php Name Field Privilege Escalation), 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.

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 Tenable (11669) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2953†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Forum Software

Vendor

P-News

Name

Bulletin Board

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 11669
Nessus Name: P-News p-news.php Name Field Privilege Escalation
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/01/2003 🔍
01/01/2003 +0 days 🔍
05/29/2003 +148 days 🔍
11/25/2003 +180 days 🔍
07/10/2016 +4611 days 🔍
02/21/2019 +956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88857
Vulnerability Center: 2953 - P-News Bulletin Board Allows Privilege Elevation, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2016 23:08
Updated: 02/21/2019 11:42
Changes: 07/10/2016 23:08 (33), 02/21/2019 11:42 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.