CVE-2000-0720

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

news.cgi in GWScripts News Publisher does not properly authenticate requests to add an author to the author index, which allows remote attackers to add new authors by directly posting an HTTP request to the new.cgi program with an addAuthor parameter, and setting the Referer to the news.cgi program.

Affected products

Gwscripts News Publisher: 1.05, 1.05a, 1.05b, 1.06

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1621
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=003301c0123b%2418f8c1a0%24953b29d4%40e8s9s4
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5169
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1621
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=003301c0123b%2418f8c1a0%24953b29d4%40e8s9s4
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5169

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