CVE-2002-0286

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0286
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-05-31 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.01_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.02_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.03_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.04_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.05_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.06_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.07_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.08_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.09_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.10_beta All All All
Application Sitenews Sitenews 0.11_beta All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sitenews Unauthorized User Addition Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'SiteNews remote add user exploit' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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