CVE-2000-0689 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in CGI Script Center's Account Manager LITE. This flaw allows remote attackers to change the administrator password and gain full administrative privileges by directly accessing the amadmin.pl script with the setpasswd parameter, without proper authentication. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a low-complexity attack that can be executed remotely without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
lite_1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cgi_script_center:account_manager:lite_1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
pro_1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cgi_script_center:account_manager:pro_1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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