Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-2383. PoCs published by GHC.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an SQL injection vulnerability in PHPNews. It provides instructions on how to exploit the vulnerability by injecting malicious input into the username field of the login form.
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in auth.php in PHPNews 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the user parameter in an HTTP POST request.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WRITEUP
VERIFIED
by GHC · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26016
This is a writeup describing an SQL injection vulnerability in PHPNews. It provides instructions on how to exploit the vulnerability by injecting malicious input into the username field of the login form.
Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target:
PHPNews (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
Access to the user login form
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
Full analysis →
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14333
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16148
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://newsphp.sourceforge.net/changelog/changelog_1.30.txt
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112189453304389&w=2
Scores
EPSS
0.0117
EPSS Percentile
63.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
phpnews/phpnews
1.2.5
Published
Jul 26, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026