CVE-2004-1796 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in HotNews 0.7.2 and earlier, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code. Specifically, this flaw exists due to improper handling of the 'config[header]' parameter in hotnews-engine.inc.php3 or 'config[incdir]' in hnmain.inc.php3. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating easy exploitation over the network with potential for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, multiple public exploits are available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hotnews:hotnews:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hotnews:hotnews:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.0_preCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hotnews:hotnews:0.6.0_pre:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hotnews:hotnews:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hotnews:hotnews:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.