CVE-2006-2636 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

newsadmin.asp in Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the loggedIn cookie to "xY1zZoPQ".

Published: 2006-05-30

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:katy_whitton:newscmslite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2635	newsadmin.asp in Katy Whitton NewsCMSLite allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the loggedIn cookie to "xY1zZoPQ".

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03629.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20294
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/974
http://www.bugreport.ir/index_62.htm
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-332.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435019/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500407/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26698

History

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Subscriptions

Katy Whitton Newscmslite

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-30T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:58:51.898Z

Reserved: 2006-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2636

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-30T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:25:26.223

Link: CVE-2006-2636

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287
Improper Authentication

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