CVE-2000-0720 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2000-0720

news.cgi in GWScripts News Publisher does not properly authenticate requests...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

gwscripts news publisher
Vulnerable Versions:
1.05, 1.05a, 1.05b, 1.06

Timeline

Official Publish: May 7th, 2001
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.