CVE-2006-2636

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

newsadmin.asp in Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the loggedIn cookie to "xY1zZoPQ".

Affected products

Katy Whitton Newscmslite: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20294
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/974
http://www.bugreport.ir/index_62.htm
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-332.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435019/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500407/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26698
http://secunia.com/advisories/20294
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/974
http://www.bugreport.ir/index_62.htm
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-332.html

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