CVE-2002-0589

PVote < 1.9 - Unauthenticated Administrative Password Change via ch_info.php

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-0589. PoCs published by Daniel Nyström.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in PVote, allowing an attacker to change the administrative password without any prior authentication by sending a crafted HTTP request with specific URL parameters.

Description

PVote before 1.9 allows remote attackers to change the administrative password and gain privileges by directly calling ch_info.php with the newpass and confirm parameters both set to the new password.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Daniel Nyström · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21397

This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in PVote, allowing an attacker to change the administrative password without any prior authentication by sending a crafted HTTP request with specific URL parameters.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PVote (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target PVote application
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268231
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://orbit-net.net:8001/php/pvote/
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4541
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8878.php

Scores

EPSS 0.0701
EPSS Percentile 93.4%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
steve_korbett/pvote 1.0
steve_korbett/pvote 1.0a
steve_korbett/pvote 1.0b
steve_korbett/pvote 1.5
Published Jun 18, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026