easyNews 1.5 and earlier stores administration passwords in cleartext in settings.php…
Priority LOW 11Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
easyNews 1.5 and earlier stores administration passwords in cleartext in settings.php, which allows local users to obtain the passwords and gain access.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00312 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:easyscripts:easynews:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.5 | Vulnerable | Easyscripts |
- cpe:2.3:a:easyscripts:easynews:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 Vulnerable ·Easyscripts
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-1527
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9m99-524p-x26m
References
More Easyscripts Easynews vulnerabilities
- TI-2001-01389 easyScripts easyNews 1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain the full path of the web root… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2001-01473 Directory traversal vulnerability in the comments action in easyNews 1.5 and earlier… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2001-01474 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the comments action in index.php in easyNews… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2001-1527 · CVE Program
- CVE-2001-1527 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9m99-524p-x26m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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