newsscript.pl for NewsScript allows remote attackers to gain privileges by setting the mode parameter to admin.

published 2005-03-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0736

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.7%; EPSS 7.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Timeline

2005-03-08 First public exploit (EDB-25201)
2005-03-13 Published

Exploit prediction

7.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-25201 Newsscript - Access Validation webapps, 2005-03-08
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12761 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

securityfocus.com /bid/12761
vdb-entry, exploit

Sources

CVE List CVE-2005-0735
NVD CVE-2005-0735

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Summary