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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2000-0689 json

Account Manager LITE does not properly authenticate attempts to change the administrator password, which allows remote attackers to gain pr…

published 2000-09-21 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0685

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.8%
EPSS 7.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Account Manager LITE does not properly authenticate attempts to change the administrator password, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges for the Account Manager by directly calling the amadmin.pl script with the setpasswd parameter.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20165)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20165 CGI Script Center Account Manager 1.0 LITE / PRO - Administrative Password Alteration (2) remote, 2000-08-23
  • EDB-20164 CGI Script Center Account Manager 1.0 LITE / PRO - Administrative Password Alteration (1) remote, 2000-08-23
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1604 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0291.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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