TI-2008-06860 Aliases CVE-2008-7172 GHSA-3985-49x3-qw6r

Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b does not properly restrict access to administrator…

LOW 37CWE-264Published 2009-09-08 · 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: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b does not properly restrict access to administrator functionality, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via direct requests to admin.php with the (1) potd_delete, (2) potd, (3) vote_update, (4) vote, or (5) modifynews actions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02287 83rd 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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:yanick_bourbeau:lightweight_news_portal:1.0b:::::::*	1.0b	Vulnerable	Yanick Bourbeau

cpe:2.3:a:yanick_bourbeau:lightweight_news_portal:1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0b Vulnerable ·Yanick Bourbeau

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-7172
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3985-49x3-qw6r

References

Exploit 1

5873

TI-2008-06859 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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