Vulnerability CVE-2002-0286
Published: 2002-05-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The GetPassword function in function.php of SiteNews 0.10 and 0.11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and add users by providing a non-existent user name and the MD5 checksum for an empty password to add_user.php, which causes GetPassword to produce and compare a blank password for the non-existent user.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Sitenews -> Sitenews 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101388393808699&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4046
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8181
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