CVE-2005-0735 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in newsscript.pl for NewsScript, allowing remote attackers to gain administrative access by manipulating the "mode" parameter. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or experiencing active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:newsscript.co.uk:newsscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.