CVE-2000-0720

EPSS 6.2%

news.cgi in GWScripts News Publisher does not properly authenticate requests to add an author to the author index, which allows remote attackers to add new authors by directly posting an HTTP request to the new.cgi program with an addAuthor parameter, and setting the Referer to the news.cgi program.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1

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References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5169 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1621 http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=003301c0123b%2418f8c1a0%24953b29d4%40e8s9s4