CVE-2008-7172 describes an access control vulnerability in Lightweight News Portal (LNP) version 1.0b, allowing remote attackers to gain administrator privileges. This is due to improper restriction of direct requests to admin.php with specific actions like potd_delete or vote_update. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB (EDB-5873), though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yanick_bourbeau:lightweight_news_portal:1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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