Description
Subscribe Me LITE does not properly authenticate attempts to change the administrator password, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges for the Account Manager by directly calling the subscribe.pl script with the setpwd parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- CGI Script Center Subscribe Me Lite 2.0 - Administrative Password Alteration (1) EDB-20176 · remote · Aug 23, 2000 · verified
- CGI Script Center Subscribe Me Lite 2.0 - Administrative Password Alteration (2) EDB-20177 · remote · Aug 23, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.cgiscriptcenter.com/subscribe/
- 1607 vdb-entry
- 20000823 Subscribe Me Vulnerability mailing-list
- 20000823 Re: Subscribe Me CGI Vulnerability mailing-list