CVE-2005-3435

CVE-2005-3435 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Archilles Newsworld versions up to 1.3.0. Attackers can exploit this by supplying a stolen password hash in the 'pwd' argument to admin_news.php, effectively gaining unauthorized access. This critical vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and leading to complete 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.