P-News 1.16 and 1.17 store sensitive information under the web root with insufficient…
Priority LOW 27Published · Updated
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 · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
P-News 1.16 and 1.17 store sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the administrative account name and password hash via a direct request for db/user.dat.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02433 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6888
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vh2g-rpmx-8c64
References
Exploit 1
More P-news vulnerabilities
- TI-2006-05246 PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in p-news.php in P-News 1.16 and 1.17 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2006-6888 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-6888 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vh2g-rpmx-8c64 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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