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TI-2007-00252 Aliases CVE-2007-0261GHSA-p5x6-4c84-ww2p

snews.php in sNews 1.5.30 and earlier does not properly exit when authentication fails…

Priority MEDIUM 50Published · 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
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

snews.php in sNews 1.5.30 and earlier does not properly exit when authentication fails, which allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized administrative actions, as demonstrated by changing an administrative password via the changeup task, and by uploading PHP code via the imagefile parameter.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04783 91st 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:snews:snews:1.5.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.29VulnerablesNews
cpe:2.3:a:snews:snews:1.5.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.30VulnerablesNews
  • cpe:2.3:a:snews:snews:1.5.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.29 Vulnerable ·sNews
  • cpe:2.3:a:snews:snews:1.5.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.30 Vulnerable ·sNews

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-0261
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p5x6-4c84-ww2p

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

Sources

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