Description
news.cgi in GWScripts News Publisher does not properly authenticate requests to add an author to the author index, which allows remote attackers to add new authors by directly posting an HTTP request to the new.cgi program with an addAuthor parameter, and setting the Referer to the news.cgi program.
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 1
- GWScripts News Publisher 1.0 - 'author.file' Write EDB-20183 · remote · Aug 29, 2000 · verified
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References
- news-publisher-add-author(5169) vdb-entry
- 1621 vdb-entry
- 20000829 News Publisher CGI Vulnerability mailing-list