CVE-2002-0310 describes a critical vulnerability in Netwin WebNews 1.1k CGI program, where several hardcoded, undeletable default usernames and cleartext passwords allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized privileges. This vulnerability is highly severe, with a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating easy exploitation over the network without authentication, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1hCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1iCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1jCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1j:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1kCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1k:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.