CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0286

7.5 HIGH Published 2002-05-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-05-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Affected configurations

• sitenews sitenews 0.01 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.02 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.03 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.04 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.05 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.06 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.07 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.08 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.09 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.10 beta • sitenews sitenews 0.11 beta

References