Description
News Manager Lite 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the ADMIN parameter in the NEWS_LOGIN cookie.
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
- Expinion.net News Manager Lite 2.5 - 'NEWS_LOGIN?admin' Cookie Authentication Bypass EDB-23863 · webapps · Mar 20, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 11180 third-party-advisory
- 9935 vdb-entry
- 1009507 vdb-entry
- news-manager-admin-access(15550) vdb-entry
- 20040322 Vulnerabilities in News Manager Lite 2.5 & News Manager Lite administration mailing-list