CVE-2008-7171

Lightweight news portal 1.0b - Cross-Site Scripting via Photo or POTD Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-7171. PoCs published by storm.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a technical writeup detailing multiple vulnerabilities in LNP: Lightweight news Portal v1.0-BETA, including XSS, insecure administration, permanent code injection, and file upload issues. It provides specific exploit paths and technical details but does not include functional exploit code.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) photo parameter to show_photo.php, (2) potd parameter to show_potd.php, or (3) the Current question field in a vote action to admin.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by storm · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873

This is a technical writeup detailing multiple vulnerabilities in LNP: Lightweight news Portal v1.0-BETA, including XSS, insecure administration, permanent code injection, and file upload issues. It provides specific exploit paths and technical details but does not include functional exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 95%
Attack Type
Xss | Auth Bypass | Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: LNP: Lightweight news Portal v1.0-BETA
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target web application
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43224
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43226
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873

Scores

EPSS 0.0144
EPSS Percentile 69.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
yanick_bourbeau/lightweight_news_portal 1.0b
Published Sep 08, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026