Overview
NewsDaemon prior to version 0.21b contains a vulnerability allowing remote attackers to gain administrative access to the web site.
Description
NewsDaemon is a PHP-based tool used to allow readers to submit and comments on news items and stories over the web. It also allows for administration of the web site using HTTP. Versions of NewsDaemon prior to 0.21b allows readers of the web site to submit a malicious HTTP request allowing them to gain administrative access to the web site. |
Impact
Remote intruders can gain administrative access to the web site. |
Solution
Update to NewsDaemon version 0.21b or later. If you use PHP3, or cannot set register_globals offin PHP4, you must change NewsDaemon (including 0.21b) as described in the original description of this problem by Forrest J. Cavalier III. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Our thanks to Forrest J. Cavalier III who originally posted this information to BugTraq.
This document was written by Shawn V. Hernan
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2001-0234 |
| Severity Metric: | 3.19 |
| Date Public: | 2001-01-26 |
| Date First Published: | 2001-05-05 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2001-06-25 21:14 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 10 |