CVE-2007-2722

NewzCrawler 1.8 - Denial of Service via ENCLOSURE URL Attribute

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-2722. PoCs published by gbr.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a remote denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in NewzCrawler 1.8 by crafting a malicious RSS 2.0 feed. The vulnerability is triggered when the 'url' attribute of the 'enclosure' element contains invalid strings like '%s', causing the application to crash.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in NewzCrawler 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application instability) via certain invalid strings in the URL attribute of an ENCLOSURE element, as demonstrated by a "%s" sequence, a "%Y" sequence, a "%%" sequence, and an "n," sequence.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by gbr · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3930

This exploit demonstrates a remote denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in NewzCrawler 1.8 by crafting a malicious RSS 2.0 feed. The vulnerability is triggered when the 'url' attribute of the 'enclosure' element contains invalid strings like '%s', causing the application to crash.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: NewzCrawler 1.8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A target running NewzCrawler 1.8 · Ability to deliver a malicious RSS feed to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3930
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/39768
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34350
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23994

Scores

EPSS 0.0322
EPSS Percentile 86.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
newzcrawler/newzcrawler 1.8
Published May 16, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026