CVE-2002-0286 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2002-0286

The GetPassword function in function.php of SiteNews 0.10 and 0.11...

Vulnerability Description

The GetPassword function in function.php of SiteNews 0.10 and 0.11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and add users by providing a non-existent user name and the MD5 checksum for an empty password to add_user.php, which causes GetPassword to produce and compare a blank password for the non-existent user.

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

sitenews
Vulnerable Versions:
0.01_beta, 0.02_beta, 0.03_beta, 0.04_beta, 0.05_beta, 0.06_beta, 0.07_beta, 0.08_beta, 0.09_beta, 0.10_beta, 0.11_beta

Timeline

Official Publish: May 3rd, 2002
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.