CVE-2008-7172

Lightweight news portal 1.0b - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b does not properly restrict access to administrator functionality, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via direct requests to admin.php with the (1) potd_delete, (2) potd, (3) vote_update, (4) vote, or (5) modifynews actions.

Exploits (1)

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

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43225

Scores

EPSS 0.0312
EPSS Percentile 86.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
yanick_bourbeau/lightweight_news_portal 1.0b
Published Sep 08, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026