TI-2005-02255 Aliases CVE-2005-2383 GHSA-7hqm-4hgx-whmh

SQL injection vulnerability in auth.php in PHPNews 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to…

LOW 35Published 2005-07-26 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in auth.php in PHPNews 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the user parameter in an HTTP POST request.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01171 67th 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:phpnews:phpnews:1.2.5:::::::*	1.2.5	Vulnerable	Phpnews

cpe:2.3:a:phpnews:phpnews:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.5 Vulnerable ·Phpnews

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-2383
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7hqm-4hgx-whmh

References

Patch 1

http://newsphp.sourceforge.net/changelog/changelog_1.30.txt

Other 1

20050720 PHPNews SQL injection vulnerability

TI-2006-06823 Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in PhpNews 1.0 allow remote attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2005-02037 SQL injection vulnerability in news.php in PHPNews 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2004-02344 SQL injection vulnerability in PHPNews 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2006-06105 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in templates/link_temp.php in PHPNews… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2006-06106 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/cat_temp.php in PHPNews 1.3.0 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2005-00582 PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in auth.php in PHPNews 1.2.4 and possibly 1.2.3… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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