CVE-2008-7172

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b does not properly restrict access to administrator functionality, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via direct requests to admin.php with the (1) potd_delete, (2) potd, (3) vote_update, (4) vote, or (5) modifynews actions.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 8, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-7172: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix