CVE-2007-0261

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Snews: 1.5.29, 1.5.30

References

http://osvdb.org/32817
http://secunia.com/advisories/23746
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22025
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31535
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3116
http://osvdb.org/32817
http://secunia.com/advisories/23746
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22025
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31535
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3116

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