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CVE-2008-7172
Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b does not properly restrict access...
Vulnerability Description
Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b does not properly restrict access to administrator functionality, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via direct requests to admin.php with the (1) potd_delete, (2) potd, (3) vote_update, (4) vote, or (5) modifynews actions.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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References
Affected Vendor
yanick bourbeau
View all reports →Affected Software
lightweight news portal
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0b
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 8th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 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.