P-News p-news.php Name Field Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11669

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Synopsis

The remote host has a PHP script that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running the p-news bulletin board. There is a flaw in the version in use which may allow an attacker who has a 'Member' account to upgrade its privileges to administrator by supplying a malformed username.

Solution

Delete this CGI.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11669

File Name: p-news_priv_escalation.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/29/2003

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Detections

Analytics