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CVE-2002-0286

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-05-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The GetPassword function in function.php of SiteNews 0.10 and 0.11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and add users by providing a non-existent user name and the MD5 checksum for an empty password to add_user.php, which causes GetPassword to produce and compare a blank password for the non-existent user.

Affected products

• Sitenews: 0.01_beta, 0.02_beta, 0.03_beta, 0.04_beta, 0.05_beta, 0.06_beta (+5)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101388393808699&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4046
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8181
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101388393808699&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4046
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8181

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