CVE-2000-0720

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…

published May 7, 2001

CVSS
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EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.06155 · 93.4th percentile
Published
2001-05-07T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 MAY 04:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5