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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2004-1847 json

News Manager Lite 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the ADMIN parameter in…

published 2004-03-20 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1840

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

News Manager Lite 2.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges by setting the ADMIN parameter in the NEWS_LOGIN cookie.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23863)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23863 Expinion.net News Manager Lite 2.5 - 'NEWS_LOGIN?admin' Cookie Authentication Bypass webapps, 2004-03-20
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9935 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1009507 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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