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high 7.5

CVE-2004-1796 json

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in HotNews 0.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the (1) conf…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1790

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.3%
EPSS 9.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in HotNews 0.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the (1) config[header] parameter to hotnews-engine.inc.php3 or (2) config[incdir] parameter to hnmain.inc.php3.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23518)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23518 HotNews 0.x - 'config[incdir]' Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2004-01-05
  • EDB-23517 HotNews 0.x - 'hotnews-engine.inc.php3?config[header]' Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2004-01-05
  • EDB-12160 HotNews 0.7.2 - Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2010-04-11
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348840 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1008608 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9357 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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